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#18 deal with disappearing random source

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Updated: 2012-01-27

Created: 2012-01-27

Creator: Anne Marcel Roorda

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On some router platforms hw_random is provided by the wifi driver. It isn't available before it is loaded, and disappears when the drivers are unloaded. Current behaviour prevents startup of rngd if /dev/hw_random isn't available yet, and grabs 100% cpu if it dissapears while running.

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Anne Marcel Roorda - 2012-01-27

big.patch

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