From: Nathan Binkert <nate@binkert.org>
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 20:12:27 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: random: small comment about our random number generator and its origin
X-Git-Tag: stable_2012_02_02~724
X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4d9ff1954b8fed122122a75799a345ba3eb45a6e;p=gem5.git

random: small comment about our random number generator and its origin
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diff --git a/src/base/random.hh b/src/base/random.hh
index b74a7c4a2..b7e2a5073 100644
--- a/src/base/random.hh
+++ b/src/base/random.hh
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@
  *          Ali Saidi
  */
 
+/*
+ * Mersenne Twister random number generator has a period of
+ * 2^19937-1.
+ *
+ * The actual math is in its own file to keep the license clear.
+ */
+
 #ifndef __BASE_RANDOM_HH__
 #define __BASE_RANDOM_HH__