From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932118AbWEGKfL (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 May 2006 06:35:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932120AbWEGKfL (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 May 2006 06:35:11 -0400 Received: from keetweej.vanheusden.com ([213.84.46.114]:19683 "EHLO keetweej.vanheusden.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932118AbWEGKfK (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 May 2006 06:35:10 -0400 Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 12:35:08 +0200 From: Folkert van Heusden To: Lee Revell Cc: "David S. Miller" , mpm@selenic.com, akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/14] random: Remove SA_SAMPLE_RANDOM from network drivers Message-ID: <20060507103507.GV25646@vanheusden.com> References: <2.420169009@selenic.com> <8.420169009@selenic.com> <20060505.141040.53473194.davem@davemloft.net> <20060506140850.GN25646@vanheusden.com> <1146928743.15364.89.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1146928743.15364.89.camel@mindpipe> Organization: www.unixexpert.nl X-Chameleon-Return-To: folkert@vanheusden.com X-Xfmail-Return-To: folkert@vanheusden.com X-Phonenumber: +31-6-41278122 X-URL: http://www.vanheusden.com/ X-PGP-KeyID: 1F28D8AE X-GPG-fingerprint: AC89 09CE 41F2 00B4 FCF2 B174 3019 0E8C 1F28 D8AE X-Key: http://pgp.surfnet.nl:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x1F28D8AE Reply-By: Sat Apr 29 15:52:22 CEST 2006 X-Message-Flag: PGP key-id: 0x1f28d8ae - consider encrypting your e-mail to me with PGP! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.10i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > Consider adding a cheap soundcard to the system and run > > 'audio-entropyd': www.vanheusden.com/aed > Can't get much cheaper than the crap that comes on every motherboard > these days ;-) > Also aren't temp sensors (on the disk or mobo) a good entropy source? Not sure about that. If I look at http://keetweej.vanheusden.com/draw_temp.php?limit=86400 it looks like that at least the cpu sensor gets only updated every x seconds. Folkert van Heusden -- Feeling generous? -> http://www.vanheusden.com/wishlist.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone: +31-6-41278122, PGP-key: 1F28D8AE, www.vanheusden.com