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From: Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>
To: Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov@kot-begemot.co.uk>,
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Subject: Re: jitterentropy vs. simulation
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Am Montag, 4. Dezember 2023, 11:24:25 CET schrieb Johannes Berg:

Hi Johannes,

> 
> Well it _looks_ like it might be possible to get rid of it (see above),
> however, what I was really thinking is that jitter RNG might detect that
> it doesn't actually get any reasonable data and eventually give up,
> rather than looping indefinitely? It seems that might be useful more
> generally too?

Agreed. Let me have a close look at the patch then.

Thanks.

Ciao
Stephan