/dev/random is blocking interface that only gives as much
random bytes as it estimates there to be entropy.
Then it blocks until more entropy has been collected
from the system
/dev/urandom is non-blocking interface, which will happily
delpete the entropy pool to supply you random bytes.
> I couldn't find anything alpha architecture specific in
> drivers/char/random.c...
>
> ---------- Have a nice day! ----------
> Robin Elfrink <r.elfrink@autosound.nl>
/Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@sonera.fi>
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