Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] API for true Random Number Generators to add entropy (2.6.11) | From | Andi Kleen <> | Date | Thu, 24 Mar 2005 19:51:30 +0100 |
| |
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 - 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/
| |