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Date:      Fri, 08 Jan 1999 22:15:20 +0200
From:      Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
To:        Marc Giannoni <marc@versa.eng.comsat.com>
Cc:        Steve Watt <steve@Watt.COM>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us>
Subject:   Re: IRQ entropy causes panics? 
Message-ID:  <199901082015.WAA19670@greenpeace.grondar.za>
In-Reply-To: Your message of " Fri, 08 Jan 1999 14:57:26 EST." <XFMail.990108151224.marc@versa.eng.comsat.com> 
References:  <XFMail.990108151224.marc@versa.eng.comsat.com> 

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Marc Giannoni wrote:
> Hooking interrupts is a "real time" issue.  There is no way an OS, however
> will written, can tolerate flagrant additions to it's interrupt latencies.
> ("j. random sysadmin run-amok")
> 
> I'm suprised that the randomizer code can hook interrupts at all and still
> keep the OS stable.  This stuff is some pretty clever code.  You are actually
> modifying the kernel's core execution by enabling these hooks!
> 
> Trust me when I say that there probably is no "Underlying Problem".
> It's pretty amazing that this thing even exists.

:-) :-) :-) Thank you for your vote of confidence in my code :-)

M
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