AO-USBTRNG(1)
π¦ ao-usbtrng π¦
okay bestie, this is the manual for ao-usbtrng, filed under the General Commands Manual as section 1 π
β¨ NAME β¨
ao-usbtrng β dump random numbers from USBtrng π²
π§ SYNOPSIS π§
ao-usbtrng [OPTION...] [KBYTES]
π DESCRIPTION π
okay so ao-usbtrng is the tool that dumps random numbers from a USBtrng device π«Ά If you give it KBYTES, it spits out that many 1024 byte blocks to standard output. Skip KBYTES and it just keeps producing random bytes nonstop until you kill it π no cap, it's giving endless vibes π
πΈ OPTIONS πΈ
-v,--verboseβ turn up the chatter and get more info π£οΈ-T,-tty=TTYDEVICEβ this picks which tty device the debugger uses to talk to the target device π The special nameBITBANGtellsao-dbgto use the cp2103 connection. Otherwise, it should be a usb serial port hooked up to a suitable cc1111 debug node π-D,--device=ALTOSDEVICEβ go hunting for a connected device π The argument has to look like one of these:
usbtrng:2
usbtrng
2
If you leave out the product name, the tool picks a suitable product for you π. If you leave out the serial number, the tool just matches one of the available devices π¦.
π USAGE π
ao-usbtrng opens the target device and reads the number of KBYTES you asked for worth of random data β¨ main character energy π
π AUTHOR π
Keith Packard π«Ά
ok that's the whole tea, byeee π source: ao-usbtrng π
π¦ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: altos 1.9.16-2 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- debian trixie: altos 1.9.21-1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu jammy: altos 1.9.10-1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu noble: altos 1.9.17-1ubuntu3 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu questing: altos 1.9.21-1
- ubuntu resolute: altos 1.9.22-2 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu stonking: altos 1.9.22-2 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- Copyright Β© 2009 Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>
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