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Re:RDRAND on AMD Ryzen 9 5900X is flakey by jhanschoo on Monday January 11, 2021 @08:21PM (#25741027)
> RDRAND isn't meant for seeds, its for a random number.

In more precise mathematical language, RDRAND isn't meant for random numbers, it's for an arbitrary number.

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