Re: user-mode port 0.56-2.4.18-15

From: Pavel Machek (pavel@suse.cz)
Date: Sun Apr 07 2002 - 20:25:37 EST

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Hi!

> Added SA_SAMPLE_RANDOM to the irq registration flags of some drivers. This
> makes apps which read /dev/random work a lot better. Randomness in UML is
> more problematic than on the host, but I chose a set of drivers whose
> interrupts shouldn't be too predictable.

Why don't you just feed your /dev/random from hosts /dev/random?

> HZ is now 52.

Wow.. Why such strange value?
Pavel

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