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Subject: Re: Collecting entropy from device_attach() times.
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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.

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