[dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH] eal: rte_rand yields only 62 random bits

[Stephen Hemminger]

if some one needs PRNG, th GNU scientific library has lots of them
https://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/manual/html_node/Random-number-generator-algorithms.html

On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 5:38 PM, Matthew Hall <mhall at mhcomputing.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 05:03:02PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > I would argue remove rte_rand from DPDK.
>
> +1
>
> To paraphrase Donald Knuth, "Random numbers should not be generated [using
> a
> function coded] at random."
>
> It'd be better to fix libc, or considering that has a slow dev cycle and
> platform compatibility limits, use some simple, semi-random,
> high-performance
> BSD licensed routine from a known-good library.
>
> Matthew.
>