Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 16 Oct 2003 12:31:35 -0500 | From | Matt Mackall <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] frandom - fast random generator module |
| |
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 07:29:05AM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > So, given that trend and also given the existing /dev/[u]random, I > disagree completely: /dev/frandom is the perfect example of something > that should _not_ be in the kernel. If you want /dev/urandom faster, > then solve _that_ problem. Don't try to solve a /dev/urandom problem by > creating something totally new.
I have some performance fixes for /dev/urandom, but there's a fair amount of other cleanup that has to go in first.
-- Matt Mackall : http://www.selenic.com : Linux development and consulting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |