1 /* $NetBSD: random.S,v 1.2 2009/01/04 17:10:47 pooka Exp $ */
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23 * Here is a very good random number generator. This implementation is
24 * based on ``Two Fast Implementations of the "Minimal Standard" Random
25 * Number Generator'', David G. Carta, Communications of the ACM, Jan 1990,
26 * Vol 33 No 1. Do NOT modify this code unless you have a very thorough
27 * understanding of the algorithm. It's trickier than you think. If
28 * you do change it, make sure that its 10,000'th invocation returns
31 * Here is easier-to-decipher pseudocode:
33 * p = (16807*seed)<30:0> # e.g., the low 31 bits of the product
34 * q = (16807*seed)<62:31> # e.g., the high 31 bits starting at bit 32
38 * seed = ((p + q) & (2^31 - 1)) + 1
41 * The result is in (0,2^31), e.g., it's always positive.
43 #include <machine/asm.h>
52 wr %o1, %lo(16807), %y
54 PIC_PROLOGUE(%o5, %o2)
59 sethi %hi(randseed), %g1
60 ld [%g1 + %lo(randseed)], %o0
88 sethi %hi(0x7fffffff), %o1
93 st %o0, [%g1 + %lo(randseed)]
96 or %o1, %lo(0x7fffffff), %o1
103 st %o0, [%g1 + %lo(randseed)]