From: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Cc: cryptoapi@lists.logix.cz, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, jmorris@redhat.com,
herbert@gondor.apana.org.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH] API for true Random Number Generators to add entropy (2.6.11)
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 19:51:30 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m1y8cc3mj1.fsf@muc.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050323203856.17d650ec.akpm@osdl.org> (Andrew Morton's message of "Wed, 23 Mar 2005 20:38:56 -0800")
Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> writes:
> David McCullough <davidm@snapgear.com> wrote:
>>
>> Here is a small patch for 2.6.11 that adds a routine:
>>
>> add_true_randomness(__u32 *buf, int nwords);
>
> It neither applies correctly nor compiles in current kernels. 2.6.11 is
> very old in kernel time.
>
> Are we likely to see any in-kernel users of this?
I added similar support to the pre hw_random AMD8111 driver
a long time ago. Basically a timer that regularly read some
dat from the hw random generator and feed it into the random
code.
I think it is a good idea, because it doesnt make much sense
imho to run a daemon for something that can be done in 20 lines
of code in the kernel.
-Andi
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-03-24 18:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 97+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-03-15 13:36 ocf-linux-20050315 - Asynchronous Crypto support for linux David McCullough
2005-03-24 4:27 ` [PATCH] API for true Random Number Generators to add entropy (2.6.11) David McCullough
2005-03-24 4:30 ` [PATCH] API for true Random Number Generators to add entropy (2.4.29) David McCullough
2005-03-24 4:33 ` [PATCH] API for true Random Number Generators to add entropy (2.6.11) Jeff Garzik
2005-03-24 4:46 ` David McCullough
2005-03-24 4:49 ` Michal Ludvig
2005-03-24 5:13 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-03-24 12:37 ` Folkert van Heusden
2005-03-24 12:52 ` David McCullough
2005-03-24 20:51 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-03-24 7:18 ` Jan Engelhardt
2005-03-24 7:37 ` Dave Jones
2005-03-24 4:38 ` [PATCH] " Andrew Morton
2005-03-24 5:17 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-03-24 5:32 ` Andrew Morton
2005-03-29 1:33 ` Matt Mackall
2005-03-24 5:43 ` Randy.Dunlap
2005-03-24 12:21 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2005-03-24 20:39 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-03-25 4:25 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2005-03-25 4:45 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-03-25 5:46 ` Herbert Xu
2005-03-31 3:52 ` David McCullough
2005-03-31 13:58 ` [PATCH] API for TRNG (2.6.11) [Fortuna] Jean-Luc Cooke
2005-04-13 15:36 ` Jean-Luc Cooke
2005-03-24 12:28 ` [PATCH 2.6.12-rc1] API for true Random Number Generators to add entropy David McCullough
2005-03-24 12:38 ` [PATCH] API for true Random Number Generators to add entropy (2.6.11) David McCullough
2005-03-24 18:51 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2005-03-24 20:37 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-03-27 17:19 ` Andi Kleen
2005-03-27 18:55 ` folkert
2005-03-28 15:20 ` Andi Kleen
2005-03-28 15:24 ` folkert
2005-03-29 7:17 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-03-29 15:03 ` Andi Kleen
2005-03-29 7:16 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-03-29 15:07 ` Andi Kleen
2005-03-29 7:15 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-03-24 11:59 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2005-03-24 12:48 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-03-24 13:08 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2005-03-24 20:53 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-03-24 13:23 ` David McCullough
2005-03-24 13:46 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2005-03-24 20:56 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-03-25 4:34 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2005-03-25 4:48 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-03-25 5:33 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2005-03-25 5:58 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-03-25 6:16 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2005-03-25 6:13 ` Herbert Xu
2005-03-25 6:34 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2005-03-25 6:33 ` Herbert Xu
2005-03-25 6:59 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2005-03-25 6:56 ` Herbert Xu
2005-03-25 7:19 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2005-03-25 7:19 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-03-25 7:38 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2005-03-25 7:25 ` Herbert Xu
2005-03-25 7:58 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
[not found] ` <424495A8.40804@freescale.com>
2005-03-25 23:43 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-03-25 23:47 ` Herbert Xu
2005-03-26 0:47 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2005-03-26 0:36 ` Herbert Xu
2005-03-26 8:52 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2005-03-28 13:45 ` Jean-Luc Cooke
2005-03-28 21:30 ` Herbert Xu
2005-03-29 10:23 ` Pavel Machek
2005-03-29 10:21 ` Pavel Machek
2005-03-29 10:30 ` Herbert Xu
2005-03-29 10:38 ` Pavel Machek
2005-03-29 10:45 ` Herbert Xu
2005-03-29 10:50 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2005-03-29 10:46 ` Herbert Xu
2005-03-29 11:42 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2005-03-29 11:39 ` Herbert Xu
2005-03-29 12:15 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2005-03-29 12:13 ` Pavel Machek
2005-03-29 12:43 ` Herbert Xu
2005-03-29 13:11 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2005-03-29 14:38 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2005-03-29 13:48 ` Jean-Luc Cooke
2005-03-29 23:36 ` Andrew James Wade
2005-03-29 22:02 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-03-29 22:24 ` Kyle Moffett
2005-03-29 22:46 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-03-30 21:22 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-03-30 21:49 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-03-30 22:27 ` Paul Jackson
2005-03-29 10:18 ` Pavel Machek
2005-03-29 10:25 ` Herbert Xu
2005-03-29 10:53 ` Martin Mares
2005-03-24 20:54 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-03-24 14:25 ` Jean-Luc Cooke
2005-03-24 20:57 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-03-24 21:20 ` Herbert Xu
2005-03-25 5:52 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
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