Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 04 Aug 2006 21:44:01 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [HW_RNG] How to use generic rng in kernel space |
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Michael Buesch wrote: > I am not a friend of a direct in-kernel hwrng access interface, > because it may return crap data by definition. Many (all current) > RNG devices may fail and return non-random data. If that's happily > used by some in-kernel user by the interface, we are screwed.
Yes, this is the reason why we pass it through userspace...
Jeff
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