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random(4) currently says:
/proc Interface
The files in the directory /proc/sys/kernel/random (present since
2.3.16) provide an additional interface to the /dev/random device.
The read-only file entropy_avail gives the available entropy. Nor‐
mally, this will be 4096 (bits), a full entropy pool.
The file poolsize gives the size of the entropy pool. Normally, this
will be 512 (bytes). It can be changed to any value for which an algo‐
rithm is available. Currently the choices are 32, 64, 128, 256, 512,
1024, 2048.
but poolsize either appears to be counted in bits, or the range of
choices has changed:
[0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ head /proc/sys/kernel/random/{entropy_avail,poolsize}
==> /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail <==
3458
==> /proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize <==
4096
[0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$
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