Messages in this thread | | | From | Arnd Bergmann <> | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH] Pseudo-random number generator | Date | Thu, 7 Dec 2006 16:06:33 +0100 |
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On Friday 01 December 2006 14:19, Jan Glauber wrote: > I've chosen the char driver since it allows the user to decide which pseudo-random > numbers he wants to use. That means there is a new interface for the s390 > PRNG, called /dev/prandom. > > I would like to know if there are any objections, especially with the chosen device > name.
This may be a stupid question, but what is it _good_ for? My understanding is that the crypt_s390_kmc() opcodes work in user mode as well as kernel mode, so you should not need a character device at all, but maybe just a small tool that spits prandom data to stdout.
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