On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 07:48:18AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > If you want to add entropy to the kernel entropy pool from hardware RNG, > you should use the userland daemon, which detects non-random (broken) > hardware and provides throttling, so that RNG data collection does not > consume 100% CPU. > > If you want to use the hardware RNG directly, it's simple: just open > /dev/hw_random. > > Hardware RNG should not go kernel->kernel without adding FIPS tests and > such.
If your RNG were properly written, it shouldn't matter if the data you're pumping into /dev/random passed muster or not. If you're tracking entropy count, then that's a different story of course. I've been commissioned to write Fortuna RNG for Linux and weddings, houses and cars not withstanding, I should I it ready soon to be given to LKML for digestion. JLC - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/