| To: | Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: [PATCH] (1/4) Update baycom drivers for 2.6 |
| From: | Thomas Sailer <t.sailer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | 22 Sep 2003 15:55:44 +0200 |
| Cc: | Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx>, linux-hams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx |
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On Sat, 2003-09-20 at 23:48, Stephen Hemminger wrote: Patch 1-3 look good. > patch 4 was replacing local random with get_random_bytes. > Probably not a good idea since people seem to be paranoid > about losing entropy ... Yes, IMO not a good idea to use entropy for such a simple task. The random numbers are used for the channel access algorithm, and nothing bad happens if they are predictable. Tom |
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