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difference between /dev/random and /dev/urandom for QNX 6.5
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09/09/2011 5:19 AM
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difference between /dev/random and /dev/urandom for QNX 6.5
Hi all,
i have a question about /dev/(u)random.
In qnx documentation it is said, that urandom is not blocking due to a fallback to an internal prng. i guess this
implicitly means that random can block.
Now in the sourcecode of random service i was not able to find that both devices are handled different.
Could someone please explain how these two devices are working and if one of them is blocking?
I have a qnx 6.5 system here for testing and was able to get about 500 KByte/s. so i don't have the impression that
there is a difference between both devices and that one of them is blocking.
random service has been started with -t for clock as data source.
Thanks a lot.
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