Hello! > You aren't dumping and restoring the entropy pool; you are dumping > random data generated by the pool, and using that data to stir the new > entropy pool after the next boot. There is no direct relationship > between the entropy of the old and new pools. The kernel needs to > decide how much entropy you added based on how much random data you > provide it with to stir the pool.
Yes, but the point is that you cannot tell how much randomness is in the data you provide. Have a nice fortnight -- Martin `MJ' Mares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/ Faculty of Math and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Earth Noli tangere fila metalica, ne in solum incasa quidem. - 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/