From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Jan Glauber <jan.glauber@de.ibm.com>
Cc: linux-crypto <linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] Pseudo-random number generator
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 16:06:33 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200612071606.33951.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1164979155.5882.23.camel@bender>
On Friday 01 December 2006 14:19, Jan Glauber wrote:
> I've chosen the char driver since it allows the user to decide which pseudo-random
> numbers he wants to use. That means there is a new interface for the s390
> PRNG, called /dev/prandom.
>
> I would like to know if there are any objections, especially with the chosen device
> name.
This may be a stupid question, but what is it _good_ for? My understanding is
that the crypt_s390_kmc() opcodes work in user mode as well as kernel mode, so
you should not need a character device at all, but maybe just a small tool
that spits prandom data to stdout.
Arnd <><
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-12-07 15:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-12-01 13:19 [RFC][PATCH] Pseudo-random number generator Jan Glauber
2006-12-01 13:39 ` Alan
2006-12-01 15:20 ` Jan Glauber
2006-12-01 15:37 ` Alan
2006-12-04 16:15 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2006-12-05 13:07 ` Jan Glauber
2007-01-16 14:07 ` Jan Glauber
2006-12-07 15:06 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2006-12-07 15:19 ` Jan Glauber
2006-12-07 18:43 ` Arnd Bergmann
2006-12-08 11:42 ` Jan Glauber
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[not found] ` <7ngMA-8D-39@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <7niv3-4sQ-21@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <7niEE-4Mk-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
2006-12-01 17:33 ` Bodo Eggert
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