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RIOT/drivers/include/periph/random.h
2014-08-21 19:16:24 +02:00

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/*
* Copyright (C) 2014 Freie Universität Berlin
*
* This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser General
* Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level directory for more
* details.
*/
/**
* @ingroup driver_periph
* @{
*
* @file
* @brief (Pseudo) random number generator low-level driver interface
*
* NOTE: The quality of the random data read from this interface is highly
* dependent on hardware dependent implementation. Most platforms utilize a
* hardware (Pseudo) Random Number Generator. The quality of the generated
* random data can be however very different.
*
* @note REFER TO YOUR PLATFORMS IMPLEMENTATION ABOUT INFORMATION ABOUT THE
* QUALITY OF RANDOMNES!
*
* @author Christian Mehlis <mehlis@inf.fu-berlin.de>
*/
#ifndef __RANDOM_H
#define __RANDOM_H
#include "periph_conf.h"
/* only include this file if a random number generator is defined */
#if RANDOM_NUMOF
/**
* @brief Initializes the source of randomness
*
* In case of a hardware random number generator, this peripheral
* is initialized and powered on. If such a device is not present,
* it depends on the implementation how a source for randomness
* is created and initialized.
*/
void random_init(void);
/**
* @brief Reads num or less bytes of randomness from the source, will
* block until random data is available
*
* @param[in] buf destination buffer to write the bytes to
* @param[in] num number of bytes to get from device,
* only values >0 are valid
*
* @return the number of bytes written to buf
* @return 0 on error
*/
int random_read(char *buf, unsigned int num);
/**
* @brief Power on the random number generator
*/
void random_poweron(void);
/**
* @brief Power off the random number generator
*/
void random_poweroff(void);
#endif /* RANDOM_NUMOF */
#endif /* __RANDOM_H */
/** @} */