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Re: [MiNT] high-quality random generator?!!


Julian Reschke wrote:
> > If you read the Changelog of the FreeMiNT kernel you will see an entry
> > about a new random device.
> 
> Hmmm,
> 
> is this *required* to be in the kernel? Why not make it an XDD?????

The RNG gathers environmental noise to create an entropy pool.  
Impossible to do that outside the kernel because it has to
hook into several low-level routines (keyboard handler, 
/dev/mouse and so on).

Ciao

Guido