From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B2xRR-0001cu-Sq for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 11:08:01 -0800 Received: from [12.177.129.25] (helo=ccure.user-mode-linux.org) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.30) id 1B2xRR-0006fF-2d for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 11:08:01 -0800 From: Jeff Dike Subject: Re: [uml-devel] /dev/random oddity Message-ID: <20040315194114.GE23741@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> References: <20040313014957.GB13419@speedy.schwinge.homeip.net> <405309FE.6020603@darkman.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <405309FE.6020603@darkman.de> Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 14:41:14 -0500 To: Sven 'Darkman' Michels Cc: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 02:17:50PM +0100, Sven 'Darkman' Michels wrote: > never is wrong, you can 'fill' the pool by doing some work like find / > ps aux etc, but this is really slow in filling up the pool. Maybe > other things should be used to fill the pool, too. Jeff? Blaisor? > anyone? ;) That doesn't fill the random pool directly. What it does do is cause disk IO, and the ubd driver will refill the random pool. It's a bit heavy-weight for generating randomness, and I don't really like it anyway. See my other reply in this thread. Jeff ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel