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Date:      Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:15:20 +0200
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To:        Ben Laurie <benl@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org, RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com>
Subject:   Re: Collecting entropy from device_attach() times.
Message-ID:  <86y5jvojpj.fsf@ds4.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <CAG5KPzwhq4UzPxbx74vX5KKtqC4tWkTsKAHjGDsdD8MqJVVkRg@mail.gmail.com> (Ben Laurie's message of "Thu, 27 Sep 2012 10:56:24 %2B0100")
References:  <20120918211422.GA1400@garage.freebsd.pl> <20120919192836.3a60cdfd@gumby.homeunix.com> <863923pzgi.fsf@ds4.des.no> <CAG5KPzwhq4UzPxbx74vX5KKtqC4tWkTsKAHjGDsdD8MqJVVkRg@mail.gmail.com>

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Ben Laurie <benl@freebsd.org> writes:
> We should certainly see how things look on slow systems, but note that
> if the resolution is lower, then the measurements will also be smaller
> (assuming attachment takes similar time), and so we will claim less
> entropy anyway :-)

Ah, I forgot about Pawel's flsl() trick.  You're right.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



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