Working with the TRNG device driver

7.1 LPAR mode z/VM guest KVM guest

Read random numbers and retrieve the counters of the TRNG device driver.

Reading random numbers
The TRNG device is read-only. Use the read function, cat program, or dd program to obtain random numbers.
Displaying TRNG information
Read the byte_counter attribute of the /misc/trng device in sysfs.

Parent topic: True random-number generator device driver