Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265488AbTF1XQF (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Jun 2003 19:16:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265494AbTF1XQF (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Jun 2003 19:16:05 -0400 Received: from smtp-out.comcast.net ([24.153.64.113]:12980 "EHLO smtp-out.comcast.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265488AbTF1XP5 (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Jun 2003 19:15:57 -0400 Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 19:30:13 -0400 From: Tom Vier Subject: Re: /dev/random broken? In-reply-to: <3EFE2231.2050707@libero.it> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Reply-to: Tom Vier Message-id: <20030628233013.GA12370@zero> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i References: <3EFE2231.2050707@libero.it> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 614 Lines: 15 On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 01:18:09AM +0200, Luca T. wrote: > dd if=/dev/random of=./xxx bs=1024 count=100 > it will just sit there and stare at me until i move the mouse... and > Is this a bug? If yes... do you have any idea that would help me fix it? no, use /dev/urandom. man urandom. read drivers/char/random.c. -- Tom Vier DSA Key ID 0xE6CB97DA - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/