New registered PRNG not being used??

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11-21-2018, 07:48 AM	#1
drbrains LQ Newbie Registered: Feb 2018 Posts: 11 Rep:	New registered PRNG not being used?? In a device driver I’m writing I registered a hardware PRNG via the crypto api. It shows up under /proc/crypto but the .generate part is never being called. What am I missing? Do I have to tell the kernel somehow to start using this new PRNG or is it suppose to be used automatically?

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