On Monday 07 June 2004 09:23, aksingh@hss.hns.com wrote: > > Thanks Sven, but would a & not be better than a % to get a value > between 0 and my max value, i.e i can do a (get_random_bytes_returned > & max_value). Does this in anyway reduce randomnness ? > Any suggestions are welcome. Unless your 'max_value' is always something like (2^n)-1 you'll have a lot less randomness -- potentially only 1-bit worth. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
