Re: [PATCH] API for true Random Number Generators to add entropy (2.6.11)

David McCullough wrote:

> Are you talking about /dev/hw_random ?  If not then sorry I didn't see it :-(
> 
> On a lot of the small systems I work on,  /dev/random is completely
> unresponsive,  and all the apps use /dev/random,  not /dev/hw_random.
> 
> Would you suggest making /dev/random point to /dev/hw_random then ?

Or feed the entropy pool from hw_random?

Michal Ludvig
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References:
- [PATCH] API for true Random Number Generators to add entropy (2.6.11)
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  - From: Jeff Garzik <[email protected]>
- Re: [PATCH] API for true Random Number Generators to add entropy (2.6.11)
  - From: David McCullough <[email protected]>

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