#8089 NORM 8.2.0 (: /dev/hwrng isn't random.

Tue Sep 23 00:48:45 EDT 2008

#8089: /dev/hwrng isn't random.
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   Reporter:  cscott               |       Owner:  wmb at firmworks.com               
       Type:  defect               |      Status:  new                             
   Priority:  normal               |   Milestone:  8.2.0 (was Update.2)            
  Component:  ofw - open firmware  |     Version:  not specified                   
 Resolution:                       |    Keywords:  blocks:8.2.0 cjbfor8.2 csafor8.2
Next_action:  test in release      |    Verified:  0                               
  Blockedby:                       |    Blocking:  8024                            
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Comment(by cscott):

 You should really generate a histogram and verify that the bins are
 approximately equally full.  See comment:17 and comment:21.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/8089#comment:33>
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