From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 18 Aug 2002 00:40:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 18 Aug 2002 00:40:32 -0400 Received: from waste.org ([209.173.204.2]:61153 "EHLO waste.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 18 Aug 2002 00:40:31 -0400 Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 23:44:27 -0500 From: Oliver Xymoron To: dean gaudet Cc: Robert Love , Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel Subject: Re: [PATCH] (0/4) Entropy accounting fixes Message-ID: <20020818044427.GJ21643@waste.org> References: <1029642713.863.2.camel@phantasy> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Aug 17, 2002 at 09:06:08PM -0700, dean gaudet wrote: > On 17 Aug 2002, Robert Love wrote: > > > [1] this is why I wrote my netdev-random patches. some machines just > > have to take the entropy from the network card... there is nothing > > else. > > many southbridges come with audio these days ... isn't it possible to get > randomness off the adc even without anything connected to it? Many southbridges (like Intel 8x0) come with a real RNG. -- "Love the dolphins," she advised him. "Write by W.A.S.T.E.."