Creating the same random numbers

[Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar]

On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Andreas Leppert <wudmx at web.de> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> for my evaluation of different kernel modules which rely on randomness I
> need the same set of random numbers for each of them.
>
> Is there any chance that I can get a random number which depends on a
> kind of seed value? So if I start with the same seed value, the same
> random numbers should be generated.
>
> If the same numbers are generated, then how can you call it random?


> Is there any way in the kernel to achieve this?
>
> Thanks for your hints,
> Andreas Leppert
>
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