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Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 12:03:36 -0700
From: Tom Rini <trini@kernel.crashing.org>
To: henrique <henrique@cyclades.com>,
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Subject: Re: Problem with random.c and PPC
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On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 12:25:56PM -0600, Andreas Dilger wrote:

> On Aug 15, 2002  15:14 +0000, henrique wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> 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.

-- 
Tom Rini (TR1265)
http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/
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