Re: hw_random error (was RE: [SLUG] reading CDs or DVDs in a writer)

From: Levi Bard (taktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktak@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Dec 13 2004 - 16:43:19 EST


On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 16:29:28 -0500, Steven Buehler <swbuehler@gmail.com> wrote:
> This reminds me of something else I see come up ... anyone know what the
> module 'hw_random' is used for? The kernel responds during boot that RNG is
> not available and then complains it can't install hw_random. No impact on
> system performance.

For a hardware based random number generator.

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