Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> writes:
David McCullough <davidm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Here is a small patch for 2.6.11 that adds a routine:
add_true_randomness(__u32 *buf, int nwords);
It neither applies correctly nor compiles in current kernels. 2.6.11 is
very old in kernel time.
Are we likely to see any in-kernel users of this?
I added similar support to the pre hw_random AMD8111 driver
a long time ago. Basically a timer that regularly read some
dat from the hw random generator and feed it into the random
code.
I think it is a good idea, because it doesnt make much sense
imho to run a daemon for something that can be done in 20 lines
of code in the kernel.