Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 02:09:30PM +0530, Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: > > However, this is entirely a hack---so I would welcome pointers > > on how to improve on this. > > Someone needs to add a random device to OSKit (don't bother with gnumach < > 2.0). > This random device can then be polled by /dev/random. Actually, someone > should implemented libchannel, and then /dev/random can poll any character > source > (like a tcp port, whatever). But the random kernel device is needed either > way. > > This is not so hard. And now that we talk about it, I remember that Derek > Davies who already did some work on this sent me his patches for review a > month ago, and I completely forgot about it until right now! Sorry Derek! > I will try to get a look at it soon. >
Don't even bother with what I sent you before. I've made a lot of progress since then. I've just about got the "bottom" interface done. I've hooked up the linux block device (add_blkdev_randomness) and that works well with the interface. Right now, I'm in the middle of trying to hook up the network device. I'll send you another patch soon with disk + net randomness. After that I'll probably start working on the "top" interfaces rather than, say, hooking up keyboard/mouse randomness or some other bottom interface stuff. Derek -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
