From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Feb 8 10: 8:55 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from host213-123-132-86.in-addr.btopenworld.com (host213-123-132-86.in-addr.btopenworld.com [213.123.132.86]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 164D237B423 for ; Fri, 8 Feb 2002 10:08:33 -0800 (PST) Received: by host213-123-132-86.in-addr.btopenworld.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 40441418; Fri, 8 Feb 2002 18:08:46 +0000 (GMT) Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 18:08:46 +0000 From: Dominic Marks To: Lars Eggert Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: which irqs are generally good for rndcontrol? Message-ID: <20020208180846.B42549@host213-123-132-86.in-addr.btop> References: <3C641095.50801@isi.edu> <20020208180149.A42549@host213-123-132-86.in-addr.btop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020208180149.A42549@host213-123-132-86.in-addr.btop>; from dominic_marks@btinternet.com on Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 06:01:49PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hey, On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 06:01:49PM +0000, Dominic Marks wrote: > Hey, > > On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 09:53:25AM -0800, Lars Eggert wrote: > > Hi, > > > > quick question: Are there any irqs that are generally a good source of > > entropy, for use with rndcontrol? I need a single setting that works > > well on a number of different machines (for our default configuration). > > Are there any drawbacks to specifying many irqs here (in the hope that > > some have good entropy on some machines, and others on other)? > > > > Thanks, > > Lars > > -- > > Lars Eggert Information Sciences Institute > > http://www.isi.edu/larse/ University of Southern California > > I think this was debated before, and I seem to remember Mike > Silbersack was the original poster. You might like to search the > archives and see. > > Or my memory could be in a twist (?). Twisted Indeed: http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi? * fetch=530673+532567+/usr/local/www/db/text/2001/ * freebsd-hackers/20011111.freebsd-hackers Similar, but different. -- Dominic ==> Blatant EMail Abuse Start {I'm looking for a summer job. If your based in or around London and need some skivvy work doing by an impoverished student :) please mail me privately, I can code (best to ask if you need specifics) and Admin, ... and make tea, use a photocopier, Thanks} <== Blatant EMail Abuse Stop To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message