Re: Random number generator in Linux kernel

[Erik Mouw]

On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 06:18:53PM -0500, Vineet Joglekar wrote:
> I want a function where I will be supplying a seed to that function
> as an input, and will get a random number back. If same seed is used,
> same number should be generated again.

Google for "Numerical recipes in C", it has a complete section about
random numbers, including a couple of functions that do what you want.


Erik

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