Re: task #5130 - random translator

[Thomas Schwinge]

Hello!

Thanks for deciding to start working on this random translator task!


On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 10:17:24AM +0100, Kenneth ?stby wrote:
> On 1/17/07, Richard Braun <syn@hurdfr.org> wrote:
> >Be aware though that randomness cannot be truely achieved without some
> >kernel support.
> 
> I'll look through the code presented, and I read through the task once more.
> It says that there should exist a kernel patch which adds support for
> entropy gathering. One Mr. Daniel Wagner supposedly have written one. Anyone
> knows where I can get the hold of him?

See the link to the Hurd wiki I just added to the task.  (I also added
you to the cc list, if that's okay?).  But be aware that the Wagi-patch
is for Oskit-Mach.  Perhaps it can be ported to GNU Mach, though -- I
don't know, I didn't look at it so far.  You are encouraged to add any
ressources you find to that wiki page.

So it seems that there are two random translators?  The Manuel one
(Richard Braun reported) and the Marcus one (see the wiki page,
<http://hurd.gnufans.org/bin/view/Hurd/RandomDevice>).


Regards,
 Thomas

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