Re: [PATCH 7/14] random: Remove SA_SAMPLE_RANDOM from network drivers

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Matt Mackall <[email protected]> wrote:
>> So I would much prefer to see the entropy sampling stay in its current
>> location, since people using real-time deserve real randomness too.
>> (In fact, some of them may have a **much** stronger need for it.  :-)
> 
> This is the point that bothers me. It's one thing to optimistically
> mix network samples (or any other convenient source) into the entropy
> pool. I'm all for that. The more, the better.

Isnt it possible to use timestamps on the received packages. So you get the
indeterministic timing from interrupt context and can process it in a less
hot path. Also the timestamps are helpfull for other stuff, also.

Gruss
Bernd
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