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Entropy Type

This section describes the type used with the entropy gathering AI.

Typedefs
typedef int	A_ENTROPY_CB_FUNCTION (POINTER data, unsigned char buffer, unsigned int len, unsigned int num, unsigned int *entropy)
	The user-supplied callback function that provides data from other entropy sources. More...

Typedef Documentation

typedef int A_ENTROPY_CB_FUNCTION(POINTER data, unsigned char *buffer, unsigned int len, unsigned int *num, unsigned int *entropy)

The user-supplied callback function that provides data from other entropy sources.
Parameters:

data [In] The user's data.

buffer [In] The buffer into which to place entropy Bytes.

len [In] The maximum number of Bytes to put into the buffer.

num [Out] The number of Bytes in the buffer.

entropy [Out] The number of entropy bits in the buffer.

Returns:
0 indicates success.
Other values indicate failure.
See also:
A_ENTROPY_PARAMS.

Entropy Type

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