Re: [PATCH 2/3] random: Allow fractional bits to be tracked

2013-04-28 Thread Jiri Kosina
On Sat, 27 Apr 2013, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > From: "H. Peter Anvin" > > Allow fractional bits of entropy to be tracked by scaling the entropy > counter (fixed point). This will be used in a subsequent patch that > accounts for entropy lost due to overwrites. > > Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin

Re: [PATCH 2/3] random: Allow fractional bits to be tracked

2013-04-28 Thread Jiri Kosina
On Sat, 27 Apr 2013, H. Peter Anvin wrote: From: H. Peter Anvin h...@zytor.com Allow fractional bits of entropy to be tracked by scaling the entropy counter (fixed point). This will be used in a subsequent patch that accounts for entropy lost due to overwrites. Signed-off-by: H. Peter

[PATCH 2/3] random: Allow fractional bits to be tracked

2013-04-27 Thread H. Peter Anvin
From: "H. Peter Anvin" Allow fractional bits of entropy to be tracked by scaling the entropy counter (fixed point). This will be used in a subsequent patch that accounts for entropy lost due to overwrites. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin Cc: --- drivers/char/random.c | 92

[PATCH 2/3] random: Allow fractional bits to be tracked

2013-04-27 Thread H. Peter Anvin
From: H. Peter Anvin h...@zytor.com Allow fractional bits of entropy to be tracked by scaling the entropy counter (fixed point). This will be used in a subsequent patch that accounts for entropy lost due to overwrites. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin h...@linux.intel.com Cc: