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Re: [PATCH v3] getrandom system call wrapper [BZ #17252]
On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 9:02 AM, Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 10/12/2016 06:10 PM, Zack Weinberg wrote:
>> ... How about we make the kernel not start userspace at all until the
>> RNG is fully operational?
>
> The RNG is initialized from user space, using a saved seed from disk (which
> is better than no randomness at all).
I know. I'm questioning whether that is still a good plan.
zw