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

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To: Bill Davidsen <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] API for true Random Number Generators to add entropy (2.6.11)
From: Jeff Garzik <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 16:49:04 -0500
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Bill Davidsen wrote:

If the hardware RNG always fails to all zeros it should be possible todetect that it failed with the need for userspace daemons. While truerandom bits might legitimately have 10k zeros in a row, I will bet thatif it happens the device isn't working.



Or all 1's (more likely), or all 0x55's, or...

	Jeff


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