Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 09:34:57 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Mark Murray <markm@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf files src/sys/sys random.h src/sys/dev/randomdev hash.c hash.h harvest.c randomdev.c yarrow.c yarrow.h src/sys/modules/randomdev Makefile Message-ID: <20000911093457.H15703@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <200009101352.GAA06290@freefall.freebsd.org>; from markm@FreeBSD.org on Sun, Sep 10, 2000 at 06:52:19AM -0700 References: <200009101352.GAA06290@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Sunday, 10 September 2000 at 6:52:19 -0700, Mark Murray wrote: > markm 2000/09/10 06:52:19 PDT > > Log: > Large upgrade to the entropy device; mainly inspired by feedback > from many folk. > > o The reseed process is now a kthread. With SMPng, kthreads are > pre-emptive, so the annoying jerkiness of the mouse is gone. > > o The data structures are protected by mutexes now, not splfoo()/splx(). The last thing I heard was that we were getting worried about putting in too many mutexes. How was this resolved? Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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