Messages in this thread |  | | From | Shinanyaku <> | Subject | Re: CONFIG_RANDOM option for 1.99.2 | Date | Wed, 15 May 1996 09:43:13 -0400 (EDT) |
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Ingo Molnar was heard saying ....
> > Do You really think that they will be aware of such an Linux *SPECIFIC* > > animal? >
> btw, libc should use this interface IMHO, in some way, thus applications > using libc *rand* functions could be enhanced.
Just a small comment, several months ago I patched the CFS sources to detect and use the entropy pool in /dev. ESM's startup was INFINITY faster than before (duh!).
So, the point is at least ONE non-Linux specific application is using it.
> > -- mingo > > ps. the Linux entry from the NSA bible: > > Linux: the OS with blocking /dev/random > > =B-) > > > >
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