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	return nread;
}

int rng_dirty_float(float *n) {
  int status;   /* for aborting in case of error */
  uint32_t r;   /* a random value on 32 bits */
  uint32_t maxval = 0xffffffff; /* maximum value on 32 bits */

  /* obtain a random number on 32 bits using ENTROPY_SOURCE */
  status = rng_uint32( &r );
  if ( status < 0 )
    return status;

  /* calculate and assign the floating-point random value as (r*1.0)/max val */
  /* multiplication by 1.0 IS NEEDED to do float division rather than int div*/
  *n = ( r * 1.0 ) / maxval;

  return 1;
}

int rng_float_754_1985(float *n) {
  /* Single float ieee 754/1985 has 23 bits that can be set for the mantissa
   * (and one implicit bit=1).
   * Full single float ieee 754/1985 representation takes 4 octets in total.
   */
  int noctets = 4; /* number of octets to read from ENTROPY_SOURCE */
  int nread;       /* number of octets *read* from ENTROPY_SOURCE  */
  unsigned char bits[ noctets ]; /* the random bits from ENTROPY_SOURCE */ 
  int oSignExp, oExpM;/* offsets for sign+exponent octet, exponent+mantissa*/

  /* obtain random bits */
  nread = get_random_octets( noctets, bits );

  if (nread != noctets )
    return -1;  /* something wrong at reading from ENTROPY_SOURCE, abort */

  /* set offsets for bit diddling depending on endianness of iron */
  if (is_bigendian()) {
    oSignExp = 0;
    oExpM = 1;
  }
  else {
    oSignExp = 3;
    oExpM = 2;
  }

  /* set sign=0; exponent=127; explicit mantissa = random bits (23 bits) */
  *(bits+oExpM) = *(bits+2) | 0x80;  /* one bit of exponent set */
  *(bits+oSignExp) = 0x3f;           /* sign=0; exponent bits for 127 */

  /* now copy the bits to the result var (i.e. as a float's representation */
  memcpy( n, bits, noctets );
  return 1;
}

int rng_uint32( uint32_t *n ) {
  int noctets = 4;  /*  32 bits aka 4 octets to read from ENTROPY_SOURCE     */
  int nread;        /*  the number of octets read from ENTROPY_SOURCE        */
  unsigned char bits[ noctets ]; /* for storing the bits from ENTROPY_SOURCE */

  /* read random 32 bits from ENTROPY_SOURCE */
  nread = get_random_octets( noctets, bits );
  if ( nread != noctets )
    return -1;

  /* copy the random bits to n, to be interpreted as uint32 */
  /* endianness is irrelevant here - the bits are random anyway */
  memcpy( n, bits, noctets );

  return 1;
}

int rng_uint64( uint64_t *n ) {
  int noctets = 8;  /*  64 bits aka 8 octets to read from ENTROPY_SOURCE     */
  int nread;        /*  the number of octets read from ENTROPY_SOURCE        */
  unsigned char bits[ noctets ]; /* for storing the bits from ENTROPY_SOURCE */

  /* read random 64 bits from ENTROPY_SOURCE */
  nread = get_random_octets( noctets, bits );
  if ( nread != noctets )
    return -1;

  /* copy the random bits to n, to be interpreted as uint64 */
  /* endianness is irrelevant here - the bits are random anyway */
  memcpy( n, bits, noctets );

  return 1;
}