/** @file
*
- * iPXE entropy API for linux
+ * /dev/random-based entropy source
*
*/
-FILE_LICENCE(GPL2_OR_LATER);
+FILE_LICENCE ( GPL2_OR_LATER_OR_UBDL );
#ifdef ENTROPY_LINUX
#define ENTROPY_PREFIX_linux
static inline __always_inline double
ENTROPY_INLINE ( linux, min_entropy_per_sample ) ( void ) {
- /* We read single bytes from /dev/random and assume that each
- * contains full entropy.
+ /* linux_get_noise() reads a single byte from /dev/random,
+ * which is supposed to block until a sufficient amount of
+ * entropy is available. We therefore assume that each sample
+ * contains exactly 8 bits of entropy.
*/
- return 8;
+ return 8.0;
}
#endif /* _IPXE_LINUX_ENTROPY_H */