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[entropy_src/doc] Document how the Bucket health test works for configurations with a symbol size > 4

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Description

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For such configurations, the symbol is broken down into multiple 4-bit symbols and each sub-symbol is tested separately, results are then added together.

This is currently not visible in the HWIP documentation. We should change that.

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