From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 8 Apr 2002 16:03:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 8 Apr 2002 16:03:01 -0400 Received: from zero.tech9.net ([209.61.188.187]:52752 "EHLO zero.tech9.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 8 Apr 2002 16:02:55 -0400 Subject: Re: user-mode port 0.56-2.4.18-15 From: Robert Love To: Jeff Dike Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200204082056.PAA03749@ccure.karaya.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.3 Date: 08 Apr 2002 16:02:48 -0400 Message-Id: <1018296173.913.162.camel@phantasy> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2002-04-08 at 16:56, Jeff Dike wrote: > Added SA_SAMPLE_RANDOM to the irq registration flags of some drivers. This > makes apps which read /dev/random work a lot better. Randomness in UML is > more problematic than on the host, but I chose a set of drivers whose > interrupts shouldn't be too predictable. If these drivers truly are sufficient candidates for feeding /dev/random, perhaps you could pull these bits and submit them to Linus and Marcelo? I for one think this is a good idea. Robert Love