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Re: Waiting for Randot (or: nia and maya were right and I was wrong)

To: Kamil Rytarowski <kamil%netbsd.org@localhost>
Subject: Re: Waiting for Randot (or: nia and maya were right and I was wrong)
From: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2021 13:30:23 +0100

On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 01:21:21PM +0100, Kamil Rytarowski wrote:
> Can we overload the ENOSYS return value and return it for CPUs without
> hardware assisted random number generator?

You mean: with not enough entropy available?

The availablility of a hardware random number generator does not really
matter in all working setups, no matter what the hardware provides.

Martin

References:
- Waiting for Randot (or: nia and maya were right and I was wrong)
  - From: Taylor R Campbell
- Re: Waiting for Randot (or: nia and maya were right and I was wrong)
  - From: Kamil Rytarowski

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