Re: Problem with random.c and PPC

Tom Rini
2002-08-15T21:00:56Z

On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 01:59:33PM -0600, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> On Aug 15, 2002 12:03 -0700, Tom Rini wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 12:25:56PM -0600, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> > > Maybe the PPC keyboard/mouse drivers do not add randomness?
> >
> > Well, how is this set for the i386 ones? I grepped around and I didn't
> > really see anything, so I'm sort-of confused.
>
> I think it is something like "add_mouse_entropy" and "add_keyboard_entropy"
> or similar. If you look at the random.c sources you can find the actual
> function names and work backwards from there.

Ah, thanks. In that case, no. It doesn't look like the input-layer USB
keyboards contribute to entropy (but mice do), and I don't think the ADB
ones do. I'll take a crack at adding this to keyboards monday maybe.

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Tom Rini (TR1265)