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RE: [Xen-devel] generate random numbers

To: "michele.paolino" <michele.paolino@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] generate random numbers
From: "James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:51:00 +1100
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> 
> Hi!
> I am interested in writing a scheduler for Xen for academic purposes.
I need
> to generate random numbers.
> Is it possible to generate random numbers in xen hypervisor
developement?If
> this is possible, how can I do it?
> 

How many bits do you random numbers need to be?

At what rate do you need them? (10/second?, 1000000/second?)

Would pseudo-random numbers do? If so, what repeat interval is
sufficient?

James

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