From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 17 Aug 2001 05:05:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 17 Aug 2001 05:05:22 -0400 Received: from mail.cogenit.fr ([195.68.53.173]:27040 "EHLO cogenit.fr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 17 Aug 2001 05:05:06 -0400 Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 11:05:07 +0200 From: Francois Romieu To: Robert Love Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Optionally let Net Devices feed Entropy Message-ID: <20010817110507.A25342@se1.cogenit.fr> In-Reply-To: <997936615.921.22.camel@phantasy> <20010816105010.A10595@se1.cogenit.fr> <997973433.684.3.camel@phantasy> <20010816190255.A17095@se1.cogenit.fr> <998009276.660.69.camel@phantasy> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <998009276.660.69.camel@phantasy>; from rml@tech9.net on Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 08:47:48PM -0400 X-Organisation: Marie's fan club - I Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Robert Love : [...] > making it configurable. Nothing is experimental. This does not change > things; it makes things configurable. I have checked again the patches and they allow a lot of drivers to feed the entropy pool that otherwise wouldn't had ever contributed to it. Thus it changes things and opens the question about the effects on entropy estimate. See the figures, three (3) nics to date reference SA_SAMPLE_RANDOM. As the fact that 2.4 is supposed to be a stable serie, I assume it's irrelevant. -- Ueimor