* Re: Random number generator
@ 2005-03-10 11:01 r_zaca
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From: r_zaca @ 2005-03-10 11:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-c-programming
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I read about somethink like that another day in the www.embedded.com. I
don't have the exact link, but you can shearch for it. Good luck.
Vineet Joglekar wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Can someone please tell me where can I find and which
> random/pseudo-random number generator can I use inside the linux
> kernel? (2.4.28)
>
> I found out 1 function get_random_bytes() in
> linux/drivers/char/random.c but thats not what I want.
>
> I want a function where I will be supplying a seed to that function
> as an input, and will get a random number back. If same seed is used,
> same number should be generated again.
Without knowing what you're doing I can't say if it justifies having all
that extra code around, but the stuff from the library, like srand48,
will do this. You can add the code to your module.
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