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Re: Intent to package intel-rng-tools.



On Thu, 26 Apr 2001 09:15:39 +0530
Viral <viral@debian.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 01:14:22PM -0700, Alexander Hvostov wrote:
> > Isn't there a kernel driver for that?
> 
> Yes, but one needs the daemon to use the driver. One could activate it
> from /proc, but that was removed and moved to a userland daemon.

As long as it isn't too bothersome for you, would you mind explaining why
the kernel doesn't activate it by default? Or why it isn't a `make config'
option? And why is a daemon needed for it?

Regards,

Alex.



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