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.\"	$OpenBSD: bcmirng.4,v 1.2 2020/06/20 21:16:14 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2020 Mark Kettenis <kettenis@openbsd.org>
.\"
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.Dd $Mdocdate: June 20 2020 $
.Dt BCMIRNG 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm bcmirng
.Nd Broadcom RNG200 random number generator
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "bcmirng* at fdt?"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver provides support for the RNG200 random number generator found
on the Broadcom BCM2711 SoC.
.Pp
It feeds the random subsystem's entropy pool with up to 128 bits of
random data every second.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr intro 4 ,
.Xr random 4 ,
.Xr arc4random 9
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
driver first appeared in
.Ox 6.7 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
The
.Nm
driver was written by
.An Mark Kettenis Aq Mt kettenis@openbsd.org .