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    SubjectRe: Intel 810 Random Number Generator
    "Theodore Y. Ts'o" wrote:
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    > Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 01:43:03 -0800
    > From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@transmeta.com>
    >
    > Why don't we use the TSC on other architectures that have them, e.g.
    > Alpha?
    >
    > Because I don't have a (working) Alpha to test it on. :-)
    >
    > Send a patch..... (I'm doing some work on the random driver at the
    > moment, so this would be a good time to fold it in.)
    >

    Ah, neither have I though (recent enough that I'd use it.) I have been
    trying to get one from Compaq/DEC for years, but I don't ever seem to
    get to the right person. (Is anyone at Compaq that could actually do
    something reading this?)

    I'd really like to get fine-granularity timing on Alpha, just like we
    have on Intel. I understand the Alpha only has a 32-bit TSC, which
    means it has to be periodically sampled to keep track of the high bits.

    -hpa

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