On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Jonathan Amery wrote: >Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 13:58:43 +0100 >From: Jonathan Amery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], debian-x@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: a small C program to test xdm's /dev/mem reading on your > architecture > >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Branden writes: >>> I can't believe he actually intends to keep it like this.. >>I'm going to #define DEV_RANDOM /dev/random for Linux systems. > > And Debian Hurd? Or does the Hurd not have /dev/random or /dev/urandom? > > I suspect that /dev/urandom may be the better choice, however.
/dev/urandom makes more sense. /dev/random will block too easily. -- Mike A. Harris Shipping/mailing address: OS Systems Engineer 190 Pittsburgh Ave., Sault Ste. Marie, XFree86 maintainer Ontario, Canada, P6C 5B3 Red Hat Inc. http://www.redhat.com ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris
