From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
To: vintya@excite.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-c-programming@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Random number generator in Linux kernel
Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 15:39:39 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <422F5F0B.3080407@tmr.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050307231853.9F661B6E7@xprdmailfe20.nwk.excite.com>
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.
--
-bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com)
"The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the
last possible moment - but no longer" -me
prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-03-09 20:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-03-07 23:18 Random number generator in Linux kernel Vineet Joglekar
2005-03-08 0:25 ` J.
2005-03-08 4:40 ` Anindya Mozumdar
2005-03-08 12:59 ` Darío Mariani
2005-03-08 13:31 ` Erik Mouw
2005-03-09 20:39 ` Bill Davidsen [this message]
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