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SubjectRe: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM question...
Gilles Espinasse wrote:

> Readme say :
> "This daemon attempts to collect real randomness from fluctuations of
> high-frequency clocks on a PC's mainboard. The basic assumption is that
> mainboard and CPU are clocked by two separate physical clocks."

> How large is this basic assumption true, on x86, on other arch?

Isn't the cpu frequency normally a phase-locked multiple of the
mainboard bus frequency?

Chris


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