From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1D9pRg-0007a3-4k for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 11:05:12 -0800 Received: from zcars04f.nortelnetworks.com ([47.129.242.57]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1D9pRd-0003gT-JE for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 11:05:12 -0800 Message-ID: <4231EBC7.9050901@nortel.com> From: Chris Friesen MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [uml-devel] [PATCH 3/9] UML - "Hardware" random number generator References: <200503100215.j2A2FuDN015227@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> <200503101341.37346.rob@landley.net> <200503111845.j2BIjkJp003341@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> In-Reply-To: <200503111845.j2BIjkJp003341@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> 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: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:04:39 -0600 To: Jeff Dike Cc: Rob Landley , user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Jeff Dike wrote: > rob@landley.net said: > >>I'm just thinking about those UML hosting farms, with several UML >>instances per machine, on machines which haven't got a keyboard >>attached constantly feeding entropy into the pool. That's when you set the network links to feed entropy. It may not be very good entropy, but it's probably better than nothing (especially in a UML virtual-system instance, where the real NIC is handling traffic for all hosted systems). Chris ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&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 From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261328AbVCKTUC (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Mar 2005 14:20:02 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261279AbVCKTLH (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Mar 2005 14:11:07 -0500 Received: from zcars04f.nortelnetworks.com ([47.129.242.57]:42964 "EHLO zcars04f.nortelnetworks.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261328AbVCKTF2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Mar 2005 14:05:28 -0500 Message-ID: <4231EBC7.9050901@nortel.com> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:04:39 -0600 X-Sybari-Space: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 From: Chris Friesen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040115 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeff Dike CC: Rob Landley , user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [uml-devel] [PATCH 3/9] UML - "Hardware" random number generator References: <200503100215.j2A2FuDN015227@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> <200503101341.37346.rob@landley.net> <200503111845.j2BIjkJp003341@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> In-Reply-To: <200503111845.j2BIjkJp003341@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Jeff Dike wrote: > rob@landley.net said: > >>I'm just thinking about those UML hosting farms, with several UML >>instances per machine, on machines which haven't got a keyboard >>attached constantly feeding entropy into the pool. That's when you set the network links to feed entropy. It may not be very good entropy, but it's probably better than nothing (especially in a UML virtual-system instance, where the real NIC is handling traffic for all hosted systems). Chris