Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 30 Mar 2005 16:49:04 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] API for true Random Number Generators to add entropy (2.6.11) |
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Bill Davidsen wrote: > If the hardware RNG always fails to all zeros it should be possible to > detect that it failed with the need for userspace daemons. While true > random bits might legitimately have 10k zeros in a row, I will bet that > if it happens the device isn't working.
Or all 1's (more likely), or all 0x55's, or...
Jeff
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