On 16 Aug 2001 14:19:57 -0600, D. Stimits wrote:
> It would be interesting if an option were possible for entropy pool via
> loopback traffic.
is that humor? :)
it can certainly generate a large amount of entropy if you let it.
but the general mechanism for grabbing entropy from char/net devices is
measuring values from their interrupt timings. this is done via a flag
value in request_irq.
loopback has no interrupts thus no request_irq
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