linux-kernel - Re: Entropy Pool Contents

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Date:	Sun, 26 Nov 2006 02:26:30 +0100
From:	Folkert van Heusden <folkert@...heusden.com>
To:	Gunter Ohrner <G.Ohrner@...t.rwth-aachen.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Entropy Pool Contents

> Hornburg:~# cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail
> 0

Please have a look at:
audio-entropyd: http://www.vanheusden.com/aed/
fills the kernel entropy buffer with noise from your audio-card
video-entropyd: http://www.vanheusden.com/ved/
fills the kernel entropy buffer with noise from a video4linux device,
e.g. a webcam or a framegrabber or whaterver


Folkert van Heusden

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