> Even with this code, the gap still settles down to just under 12000 and
> not the 36000 advertised in the manpage.  src/regress/lib/libc/randomid
> still fails because of this.  See this following bit of code:
> 
> > X	/* Skip a random number of ids */
> > X	n = tmp & 0x3; tmp = tmp >> 2;
> > X	if (ru_counter + n >= RU_MAX)
> > X		ip_initid();
> > X
> > X	for (i = 0; i <= n; i++)
> > X		/* Linear Congruential Generator */
> > X		ru_x = (ru_a * ru_x + ru_b) % RU_M;
> 
> While we throw away up to 3 random numbers each time we ask for a single
> random number, we're always going to have a minimum gap of approximately
> 1/3rd the theoretical gap.

	the "skipping" part is not documented in the source code comment,
	therefore i made mistake while i'm writing up manpage.

	so we can either:
	- stop skipping random number of ids (n=0)
	- reduce numbers on the manpage to 1/3
	and then we are happpy.

itojun