Re: [PATCH] Optionally let Net Devices feed Entropy

Francois Romieu (romieu@cogenit.fr)
Fri, 17 Aug 2001 11:05:07 +0200

Robert Love <rml@tech9.net> :
[...]
> making it configurable. Nothing is experimental. This does not change
> things; it makes things configurable.

I have checked again the patches and they allow a lot of drivers to feed
the entropy pool that otherwise wouldn't had ever contributed to it. Thus
it changes things and opens the question about the effects on entropy
estimate. See the figures, three (3) nics to date reference SA_SAMPLE_RANDOM.
As the fact that 2.4 is supposed to be a stable serie, I assume it's
irrelevant.

-- 
Ueimor
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