Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH] Make cryptoapi non-optional? | From | Robert Love <> | Date | Sat, 09 Aug 2003 19:07:27 -0700 |
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On Sat, 2003-08-09 at 07:33, Matt Mackall wrote:
> - the random number generator is non-optional because it's used > various things from filesystems to networking
What if you kept crypto API optional, made random.c a config option, and make that depend on the crypto API. Then -- and this is the non-obvious part -- implement a super lame replacement for get_random_bytes() [what I assume the various parts of the kernel are using] for when !CONFIG_RANDOM is not set?
You can do a simple PRNG in <10 lines of C. Have the kernel seed it on boot with xtime or something else lame.
Robert Love
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