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SubjectRe: Continuing /dev/random problems with 2.4
On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 11:53:20AM -0500, Robert Love wrote:
| On Fri, 2002-02-01 at 04:17, Ken Brownfield wrote:
| Most of the useful fixes actually came in a large update from Andreas
| Dilger. Perhaps he would have some insight, too.

Ah, my apoligies then.

| Exhausting entropy to zero under high use is not uncommon (that is a
| motivation for my netdev-random patch). What boggles me is why it does
| not regenerate?

Yeah -- slow entropy is "acceptable", but blocking until a reboot is rather unacceptable. ;)

Thx much,
--
Ken.
brownfld@irridia.com

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