Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Optionally let Net Devices feed Entropy | From | Robert Love <> | Date | 16 Aug 2001 20:47:35 -0400 |
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On 16 Aug 2001 14:19:57 -0600, D. Stimits wrote: > It would be interesting if an option were possible for entropy pool via > loopback traffic.
is that humor? :)
it can certainly generate a large amount of entropy if you let it.
but the general mechanism for grabbing entropy from char/net devices is measuring values from their interrupt timings. this is done via a flag value in request_irq.
loopback has no interrupts thus no request_irq
-- Robert M. Love rml at ufl.edu rml at tech9.net
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