Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758734AbWK1SkQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:40:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758737AbWK1SkQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:40:16 -0500 Received: from iriserv.iradimed.com ([69.44.168.233]:25980 "EHLO iradimed.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758734AbWK1SkO (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:40:14 -0500 Message-ID: <456C82AE.6030505@cfl.rr.com> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:40:46 -0500 From: Phillip Susi User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (Windows/20061025) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Martin Mares CC: David Wagner , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Entropy Pool Contents References: <456B3483.4010704@cfl.rr.com> <456B4CD2.7090208@cfl.rr.com> <456C704F.3050008@cfl.rr.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Nov 2006 18:40:24.0030 (UTC) FILETIME=[AA496FE0:01C7131C] X-TM-AS-Product-Ver: SMEX-7.2.0.1122-3.6.1039-14840.003 X-TM-AS-Result: No--8.357800-5.000000-31 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 605 Lines: 14 Martin Mares wrote: > Yes, but the point is that you cannot tell how much randomness is in the > data you provide. That is exactly my point. Since you can not tell how much randomness is in the data you provide, you can not tell the kernel how much to add to its entropy estimate. Instead it just has to estimate based on the amount of data you provide. - 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/