From: Herbert Xu Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] RNG: Add Pseudo Random Number Generator to kernel Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:03:16 +0800 Message-ID: <20080716140316.GA16681@gondor.apana.org.au> References: <20080703202102.GB5237@hmsendeavour.rdu.redhat.com> <20080716134456.GA16546@gondor.apana.org.au> <20080716135841.GC24291@hmsreliant.think-freely.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net To: Neil Horman Return-path: Received: from rhun.apana.org.au ([64.62.148.172]:55371 "EHLO arnor.apana.org.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755910AbYGPODU (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:03:20 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080716135841.GC24291@hmsreliant.think-freely.org> Sender: linux-crypto-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 09:58:41AM -0400, Neil Horman wrote: > > No, this was rather a stream of conscious thing, shifting incrementing numbers > through the buffer, I can certainly make it a simple counter. Yeah I think a simple counter fits the spirit of the specification better. It'll also have a much longer period than this. Thanks, -- Visit Openswan at http://www.openswan.org/ Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt