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 1B291f-0007iI-R7 for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 13 Mar 2004 05:18:03 -0800 Received: from mekong.darkman.de ([217.69.160.53] helo=mail.darkman.de ident=postfix) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B291e-0007ls-Un for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 13 Mar 2004 05:18:03 -0800 Received: from darkman.de (ezri.darkman.de [23.23.23.42]) by mail.darkman.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 350B32EF84 for ; Sat, 13 Mar 2004 14:17:51 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <405309FE.6020603@darkman.de> From: "Sven 'Darkman' Michels" MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [uml-devel] /dev/random oddity References: <20040313014957.GB13419@speedy.schwinge.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20040313014957.GB13419@speedy.schwinge.homeip.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 14:17:50 +0100 To: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Thomas Schwinge wrote: > On UML the entropy pool seems never to be refilled - not matter how long > I keep a key pressed; I don't have a mouse there - so AFAICT /dev/random > stops working at the time the pool gets empty. 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? ;) Regards, Sven ------------------------------------------------------- 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