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Date:      Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:07:04 -0800
From:      Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mps(4) driver (LSI 6Gb SAS) commited to stable/8
Message-ID:  <DD7CF4E0-DD07-44BF-90E8-59D72FA3FDDD@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikzfvgwR2GMXuhfn_daOai7gUo-_kxi%2BUbZzb_D@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <20110218164209.GA77903@nargothrond.kdm.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1102190104280.14809@woozle.rinet.ru> <20110218225204.GA84087@nargothrond.kdm.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1102190203470.14809@woozle.rinet.ru> <20110218231306.GA69028@icarus.home.lan> <AANLkTikzfvgwR2GMXuhfn_daOai7gUo-_kxi%2BUbZzb_D@mail.gmail.com>

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On Feb 18, 2011, at 3:27 PM, Adam Vande More wrote:
> /dev/urandom is linked to /dev/random.  Is there some other difference I'm
> not aware of, or are you confusing it with Linux's random?

There is no difference between the two on FreeBSD, although anyone using the platform is hoping that Yarrow is "good enough".  Wikipedia has a fine article on the subject:

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//dev/random

Regards,
-- 
-Chuck




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