Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 25 May 1996 03:00:00 +0300 (EET DST) | From | Lauri Tischler <> | Subject | Re: CONFIG_RANDOM (compromise?) |
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On Fri, 24 May 1996, Martin.Dalecki wrote: > On Fri, 24 May 1996, Herbert Rosmanith wrote: > > > There's also an argument that the random number generator causes > > > unnecessary overhead for people who never use it, and should therefore > > > be made an option. However, I have not yet seen anyone post > > > benchmarks or any other form of statistic which might demonstrate that > > > such overhead exists. > > > > all right then. I really have no need for /dev/random. Anyone else ? > > > Personaly I have no need for it too. > If we go on dropping off useless stuff there are a _lot_ of candidates from me... - dec alpha stuff - mips stuff - amiga stuff - ide disks - all cdroms exept scsi - ftape I DONT NEED THEM so ergo they are useless. :)
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