Re: [PATCH] (1/4) Update baycom drivers for 2.6

From: Thomas Sailer (esp@army.mil)
Date: Mon Sep 22 2003 - 16:55:44 EEST

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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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