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On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:41:22 -0600 Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> wrote: > > > > This patch adds a function to the random driver so that various > > pieces of the kernel can add random bits (but not entropy!) to the > > pool, to avoid this dupicate ID problem. > > This appears to be equivalent to making random initialize earlier, > except with more code? well sort of kinda, but arbitrarily early (eg I made the oops ID just call this whenever it's called first) > > If we're going down a route like this, I'd like to see the ability to > actually mix in data (ie MAC addresses, DMI data, etc.) rather than > just timing. I'll make a second patch for that; it does make sense to do this, but it also makes sense to just have a "just do the time" helper -- Arjan van de Ven Intel Open Source Technology Centre For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org | ||||||||||||
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