Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 09:25:49 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, arch@freebsd.org, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, billf@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf files.i386 src/sys/kern kern_fork.c src/sys/libkern arc4random.c src/sys/sys libkern.h Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912010925190.78831-100000@jade.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <19991201151955.CA04B1CA0@overcee.netplex.com.au>
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On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Peter Wemm wrote: > At the risk of continuing the debate, what I would prefer would be a sysctl > to define the range of a random increment to the nextpid, so there is an element > of randomness still but you're going to get a steadily increasing set of pid's > still. Why must you always come up with the really good solution? :-> -- - bill fumerola - billf@chc-chimes.com - BF1560 - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800) 252-2421 - bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - billf@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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