Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 1 Feb 2002 11:01:37 -0600 | From | Ken Brownfield <> | Subject | Re: Continuing /dev/random problems with 2.4 |
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On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 11:53:20AM -0500, Robert Love wrote: | On Fri, 2002-02-01 at 04:17, Ken Brownfield wrote: | Most of the useful fixes actually came in a large update from Andreas | Dilger. Perhaps he would have some insight, too.
Ah, my apoligies then.
| Exhausting entropy to zero under high use is not uncommon (that is a | motivation for my netdev-random patch). What boggles me is why it does | not regenerate?
Yeah -- slow entropy is "acceptable", but blocking until a reboot is rather unacceptable. ;)
Thx much, -- Ken. brownfld@irridia.com
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