On Fri, 2002-02-22 at 03:53, Seth Arnold wrote: > On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 08:35:20PM +0200, Tomas Ukkonen wrote: > > What is a good way to get (quality) random numbers while in a interrupt > > handler and/or in kernel mode or should I generate them myself? > > Look at get_random_bytes() in devices/char/random.c > > Note that I don't know if this function will block, as /dev/random will, > or if it will generate entropy-extended bytes, as /dev/urandom will, > when the entropy pool runs dry. > > You will want to find out for sure before using it. :) Ok, thanks. I will look at the details myself. :) -- Tomas Ukkonen -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ IRC Channel: irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies Web Page: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/
