Re: use and docs for mertwist.c ?

["Jeremy C. Reed" <reed%reedmedia.net@localhost>]

On Fri, 25 Jul 2008, Matthias Drochner wrote:

> reed%reedmedia.net@localhost said:
> > I am testing it as a replacement for arc4random to compare CPU usage. 
> 
> I'm noy a cryptography expert. Barely able to initiate a google
> search -- it yields that the M.T. is not considered suitable for
> cryptographic purposes.
> So if our version is modified, or there are other reasons which
> make it suitable as arc4random() replacement, it should
> be documented, to appease such concerns.

Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that I was going to replace arc4random(3) in 
NetBSD. I just was going to replace it for a specific use in my own code 
for some tests.

I still don't understand why src/sys/lib/libkern/mertwist.c is our code 
and why it is built. Does anything/anyone actually use it?