Messages in this thread | | | From | Michael Buesch <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] hw_random: add quality categories | Date | Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:58:51 +0200 |
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On Wednesday 27 June 2007 04:00:46 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Tue, 26 Jun 2007, Michael Buesch wrote: > > On Tuesday 26 June 2007 16:06:25 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > > > Which, AFAIK, we can quantify as the minimum expected entropy in the output. > > > > The category is _not_ a measure of the entropy in the output. > > It is _just_ to get the chance to get a sane _default_ policy > > for which RNG is enabled by default, in the kernel. > > It's just about a default policy. _Nothing_ else. > > Then why don't you call it "preference", or something to that effect?
Why? Because I did not get the same idea as you? So, please make up "preference" categories and give me some examples.
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