Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262875AbVA2IF6 (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Jan 2005 03:05:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262876AbVA2IF6 (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Jan 2005 03:05:58 -0500 Received: from canuck.infradead.org ([205.233.218.70]:61710 "EHLO canuck.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262875AbVA2IFv (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Jan 2005 03:05:51 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH] OpenBSD Networking-related randomization port From: Arjan van de Ven To: Lorenzo =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Hern=E1ndez_?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Garc=EDa-Hierro?= Cc: Stephen Hemminger , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Chris Wright , netdev@oss.sgi.com, Hank Leininger In-Reply-To: <1106950369.3864.45.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1106932637.3778.92.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20050128100229.5c0e4ea1@dxpl.pdx.osdl.net> <1106937110.3864.5.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20050128105217.1dc5ef42@dxpl.pdx.osdl.net> <1106944492.3864.30.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1106945266.7776.41.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <1106950369.3864.45.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 09:05:44 +0100 Message-Id: <1106985945.4174.60.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 (2.0.2-3) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Score: 4.1 (++++) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 2.63 on canuck.infradead.org summary: Content analysis details: (4.1 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.3 RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO Received: contains a numeric HELO 1.1 RCVD_IN_DSBL RBL: Received via a relay in list.dsbl.org [] 2.5 RCVD_IN_DYNABLOCK RBL: Sent directly from dynamic IP address [80.57.133.107 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS RBL: SORBS: sender is listed in SORBS [80.57.133.107 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by canuck.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 998 Lines: 20 On Fri, 2005-01-28 at 23:12 +0100, Lorenzo Hernández García-Hierro wrote: > El vie, 28-01-2005 a las 21:47 +0100, Arjan van de Ven escribió: > > as for obsd_get_random_long().. would it be possible to use the > > get_random_int() function from the patches I posted the other day? They > > use the existing random.c infrastructure instead of making a copy... > > As seen at > the functions at obsd_rand.c so we wouldn't need to add more maintenance overhead, I hope you can understand why I want it like that I actually DON'T understand that. What you say kinda sorta makes sense if you're an external patch. But if you are inside the kernel (that was the goal of this patch, right?) then the argument is actually entirely the wrong way around... - 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/