Re: [PATCH] hw_random: add quality categories

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Tue, 26 Jun 2007, Michael Buesch wrote:
> On Tuesday 26 June 2007 16:06:25 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> > Which, AFAIK, we can quantify as the minimum expected entropy in the output.
> 
> The category is _not_ a measure of the entropy in the output.
> It is _just_ to get the chance to get a sane _default_ policy
> for which RNG is enabled by default, in the kernel.
> It's just about a default policy. _Nothing_ else.

Then why don't you call it "preference", or something to that effect?

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  Henrique Holschuh
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