Merge remote-tracking branch 'qatar/master'

[ffmpeg] / libavutil / random_seed.h

diff --git a/libavutil/random_seed.h b/libavutil/random_seed.h
index b1fad13d0757a04b151640146e2f4e5d2327b55b..0462a048e048317b0150aa3b800171a96a668e45 100644 (file)
--- a/libavutil/random_seed.h
+++ b/libavutil/random_seed.h
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2009 Baptiste Coudurier <baptiste.coudurier@gmail.com>
  *
- * This file is part of Libav.
+ * This file is part of FFmpeg.
  *
- * Libav is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
  * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
- * Libav is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  * Lesser General Public License for more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with Libav; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
  */
 
@@ -28,12 +28,11 @@
  */
 
 /**
- * Get random data.
- *
- * This function can be called repeatedly to generate more random bits
- * as needed. It is generally quite slow, and usually used to seed a
- * PRNG.  As it uses /dev/urandom and /dev/random, the quality of the
- * returned random data depends on the platform.
+ * Get a seed to use in conjunction with random functions.
+ * This function tries to provide a good seed at a best effort bases.
+ * Its possible to call this function multiple times if more bits are needed.
+ * It can be quite slow, which is why it should only be used as seed for a faster
+ * PRNG. The quality of the seed depends on the platform.
  */
 uint32_t av_get_random_seed(void);