Subject: Re: replace kernel random number function
To: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 10/23/2000 07:16:32
On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 10:55:30PM +0900, itojun@iijlab.net wrote:
> sys/arch/sparc/sparc/clock.c assumes that random(9) returns uniform
> random number (at least the comment says so).
> if we take a safer side, we should not replace random(9), or we should
> repalce random(9) with a random number generator with uniform
> number distribuion. i still am not really sure if it matters (i
> suspect it does not).
...well, it would be easy to run an experiment...
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-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>