From owner-freebsd-bugs Fri Aug 16 1:55: 5 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3466737B400; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 01:55:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC2B243E65; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 01:55:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from njl@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (njl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g7G8t2JU037230; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 01:55:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from njl@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from njl@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) id g7G8t1GZ037219; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 01:55:01 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 01:55:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Nate Lawson Message-Id: <200208160855.g7G8t1GZ037219@freefall.freebsd.org> To: gson@nominum.com, njl@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/38527: /dev/random does not obey O_NONBLOCK flag Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Synopsis: /dev/random does not obey O_NONBLOCK flag State-Changed-From-To: open->suspended State-Changed-By: njl State-Changed-When: Fri Aug 16 01:48:00 PDT 2002 State-Changed-Why: Suspended since we've reached an impasse. I tend to agree with the submitter but consensus is that non-blocking behavior is needed for user apps. Submitter is encouraged to start a discussion on freebsd-hackers if he wishes to make a case for the original behavior. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=38527 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message