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Diffstat (limited to 'libavutil/random_seed.h')
-rw-r--r-- | libavutil/random_seed.h | 19 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/libavutil/random_seed.h b/libavutil/random_seed.h index 5bfeb8b..bb95787 100644 --- a/libavutil/random_seed.h +++ b/libavutil/random_seed.h @@ -1,20 +1,20 @@ /* * Copyright (c) 2009 Baptiste Coudurier <baptiste.coudurier@gmail.com> * - * This file is part of Libav. + * This file is part of FFmpeg. * - * Libav is free software; you can redistribute it and/or + * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * - * Libav is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public - * License along with Libav; if not, write to the Free Software + * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA */ @@ -24,12 +24,11 @@ #include <stdint.h> /** - * Get random data. - * - * This function can be called repeatedly to generate more random bits - * as needed. It is generally quite slow, and usually used to seed a - * PRNG. As it uses /dev/urandom and /dev/random, the quality of the - * returned random data depends on the platform. + * Get a seed to use in conjunction with random functions. + * This function tries to provide a good seed at a best effort bases. + * Its possible to call this function multiple times if more bits are needed. + * It can be quite slow, which is why it should only be used as seed for a faster + * PRNG. The quality of the seed depends on the platform. */ uint32_t av_get_random_seed(void); |