[Buildroot] [PATCH] fs/cpio: drop static random-seed

Peter Korsgaard peter at korsgaard.com
Tue Jul 7 11:10:21 UTC 2015


>>>>> "Baruch" == Baruch Siach <baruch at tkos.co.il> writes:

 > Initializing the kernel entropy pool in initramfs from a seed file that never
 > changes doesn't make much sense. Not initializing the entropy pool at all is
 > better than initializing it from a known seed.

 > Signed-off-by: Baruch Siach <baruch at tkos.co.il>

I agree, but why don't we simply drop our static /etc/random-seed from
the default skeleton instead?

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard



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