Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 01 Feb 2002 12:12:37 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Continuing /dev/random problems with 2.4 |
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Andreas Dilger wrote:
> > Maybe, i8XX hardware RNG should feed the /dev/random entropy pool > directly if you enable the chipset support (with an option to turn > it off if you want to use the user-space tools or a separate RNG), > so that people get the benefits of the h/w RNG without having to > install another tool (which they won't know about)? >
"Let's put it in the kernel because people are too stupid to install it otherwise"?
No thank you.
-hpa
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