mirage / mirage-entropy

Entropy driver for MirageOS -- this has been imported into https://github.com/mirage/mirage-crypto
http://openmirage.org/
BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" License
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ARM: timing #22

Open pqwy opened 9 years ago

pqwy commented 9 years ago

We currently use virtual counter. This is a low-resolution clock, using something more precise naturally gives less predictable readings.

ARM performance counters would be a good fit, but these are masked by Xen. If we could work with the upstream to expose this feature, ARM time-based entropy harvesting would improve.