OK folks, the banter is getting excessive. I'll have to bail if the dialog can't be kept more point to point instead of broadcast.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Marcus Brinkmann To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; debian-x@lists.debian.org Sent: 8/26/02 3:59 PM Subject: Re: a small C program to test xdm's /dev/mem reading on your architecture On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 02:43:09PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > xdm doesn't read the same amount of data when it's reading from a > (presumably) entropic device node. I didn't assume that. > It reads eight size_t's. Surely that is not excessive. It's eight size_t's good entropy wasted for no important use still. In some environments, good entropy is really hard to get at. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' GNU http://www.gnu.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Brinkmann The Hurd http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.marcus-brinkmann.de/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
