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Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 18:24:51 +0200
From: Torsten Duwe <duwe@lst.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/03]: hwrng: an in-kernel rngd
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On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 09:09:14AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> I think the default should be zero, so each hwrng driver maintainer would have to consider what guarantees that particular driver can give.  If anything 50% ought to be the maximum.

Repost of v4 just for patch 03/03 is on its way then, defaulting to 0
(off), which happens to be the old behaviour, which I think I've also
expressed my sympathy for already.

	Torsten