Hi! > > > > Well if you can demonstrate that you're getting a higher rate of > > > > throughput from your RNG by doing this in kernel space vs. doing > > > > it in user space please let me know. > > > > > > While raw bits reading from hw_random on the fastest > > > VIA boards can exceed 55mbits per second > > > [above quite was taken from VIA C3 Nehemiah analysis], > > > it is not evaluated in rngd and is not written > > > back to the /dev/random. > > > > Well when you get 55mb/s from /dev/random please get back to me. > > I cant, noone writes 55mbit into it, but HW RNG drivers could. :) Exactly, on via machines, it might be good idea to hook /dev/random directly to hardware random generator... that should give you 55mbit/sec. Pavel -- People were complaining that M$ turns users into beta-testers... ...jr ghea gurz vagb qrirybcref, naq gurl frrz gb yvxr vg gung jnl! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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