Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 15 May 1996 09:10:22 +0200 (MET DST) | From | "Martin.Dalecki" <> | Subject | Re: CONFIG_RANDOM option for 1.99.2 |
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On Tue, 14 May 1996, Martin Mares wrote:
> Hi, > > > The random device is a fairly useful thing to have (I use it for > > input values to "crashme" ;-) but there lots of people who don't > > use it for anything. For those people, it would be useful to have a > > CONFIG_RANDOM option, so that they can save a bit of space, and avoid > > the small overhead associated with all the add_XXX_randomness() calls. > > The random generator is sometimes used inside the kernel itself > -- for example in my BOOTP code. I think it isn't a good idea to allow > disabling it.
It is not used SOMETIMES in the kernel but ONLY in BOOTP and there it is incredibble overkill (IMHO.)
Marcin
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