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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] API for true Random Number Generators to add entropy (2.6.11)
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    Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> writes:

    > David McCullough <davidm@snapgear.com> wrote:
    >>
    >> Here is a small patch for 2.6.11 that adds a routine:
    >>
    >> add_true_randomness(__u32 *buf, int nwords);
    >
    > It neither applies correctly nor compiles in current kernels. 2.6.11 is
    > very old in kernel time.
    >
    > Are we likely to see any in-kernel users of this?

    I added similar support to the pre hw_random AMD8111 driver
    a long time ago. Basically a timer that regularly read some
    dat from the hw random generator and feed it into the random
    code.

    I think it is a good idea, because it doesnt make much sense
    imho to run a daemon for something that can be done in 20 lines
    of code in the kernel.

    -Andi
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