linux-kernel - Re: random(4) changes

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Date:	Fri, 29 Apr 2016 23:54:43 +0200
From:	Stephan Mueller <smueller@...onox.de>
To:	George Spelvin <linux@...izon.com>
Cc:	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sandyinchina@...il.com, tytso@....edu
Subject: Re: random(4) changes

Am Freitag, 29. April 2016, 16:08:48 schrieb George Spelvin:

Hi George,

> > What I am saying that the bits in one given time stamp are mutually
> > independent. I.e. bit 0 of one time stamp does not depend on bit 1 of that
> > very same time stamp.
> 
> And I'm saying that's wrong.

I think we can agree that we disagree.

I am not sure whether you have a point or not. Though, I will get back to the 
drawing board and think about the problem of how to efficiently collect 
entropy.

Ciao
Stephan