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From: henrique <henrique@cyclades.com>
To: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Problem with random.c and PPC
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 15:14:51 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200208151514.51462.henrique@cyclades.com> (raw)

Hello !!!

I am trying to use a program (ipsec newhostkey) that uses the random device 
provided by the linux-kernel. In a x86 machine the program works fine but 
when I tried to run the program in a PPC machine it doesn't work.

Looking carefully I have discovered that the problem is in the driver 
random.c. When the program tries to read any amount of data it locks and 
never returns. It happens because the variable  "random_state->entropy_count" 
is always zero, that is, any random number is generated at all !!!??.

Does anyone know anything about this problem ? Any sort of help is very 
welcomed.

Thanks
Henrique Gobbi


             reply	other threads:[~2002-08-15 18:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-08-15 15:14 henrique [this message]
2002-08-15 18:25 ` Problem with random.c and PPC Andreas Dilger
2002-08-15 19:03   ` Tom Rini
2002-08-15 19:59     ` Andreas Dilger
2002-08-15 21:04       ` Tom Rini
2002-08-16  1:50         ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-08-16 16:33           ` Oliver Xymoron
2002-08-16 16:28         ` Oliver Xymoron
     [not found]           ` <20020816170126.GD26993@opus.bloom.county>
2002-08-16 17:15             ` Oliver Xymoron
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-08-15 16:10 henrique
2002-08-16 10:00 Jon Burgess
2002-08-16 19:52 ` Oliver Xymoron
2002-08-16 17:51   ` henrique
2002-08-16 21:21     ` Ruth Ivimey-Cook
2002-08-17  0:47       ` Oliver Xymoron
2002-08-17  0:45     ` Oliver Xymoron
2002-08-17  6:05       ` Andreas Dilger
2002-08-17  7:23         ` Oliver Xymoron
2002-08-17  9:09           ` Andreas Dilger
2002-08-17 16:56             ` Oliver Xymoron
2002-08-19  9:29           ` Marco Colombo
2002-08-19 14:02             ` Oliver Xymoron
2002-08-19 15:11               ` Marco Colombo
2002-08-19 15:29                 ` Oliver Xymoron
2002-08-19 16:20                   ` Marco Colombo
2002-08-19 16:33                     ` Oliver Xymoron
2002-08-19 20:23                       ` Marco Colombo
2002-08-22  3:16             ` David Wagner
2002-08-16 20:52   ` Chris Friesen
2002-08-17  0:29     ` Oliver Xymoron
2002-08-22  3:19     ` David Wagner
2002-08-22 15:40       ` Chris Friesen
2002-08-22 17:25       ` Remco Post

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