From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 21 03:01:43 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C99ED16A407 for ; Sat, 21 Oct 2006 03:01:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from soralx@cydem.org) Received: from pd2mo3so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57C7B43D4C for ; Sat, 21 Oct 2006 03:01:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from soralx@cydem.org) Received: from pd2mr4so.prod.shaw.ca (pd2mr4so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.107]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0J7G0046BTQV4670@l-daemon> for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Fri, 20 Oct 2006 21:01:43 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml8so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.152]) by pd2mr4so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0J7G009FMTQS64R0@pd2mr4so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Fri, 20 Oct 2006 21:01:43 -0600 (MDT) Received: from soralx.cydem.org ([24.87.27.3]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0J7G003DITQSJWF0@l-daemon> for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Fri, 20 Oct 2006 21:01:40 -0600 (MDT) Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 20:01:38 -0700 From: soralx@cydem.org In-reply-to: <200610161201.k9GC17ol003191@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Message-id: <200610202001.38727.soralx@cydem.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline References: <200610161201.k9GC17ol003191@lurza.secnetix.de> User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 Subject: Re: Quiet computer X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 03:01:43 -0000 > I also think that 25 Gbit/s is overly optimistic. ha, no bullstalk here :) > > did you get to the point that you're sure it's being used? > > Now that's easy. Just type "sysctl kern.random". If you > get a bunch of lines talking about "yarrow" and "harvest", > then the kernel's software PRNG is used. If you get an > error message "unknown oid 'kern.random'", then a hardware > generator is being used. I was thinking more about the crypto device rather than the RNG: is /dev/crypto really being used? > Best regards > Oliver ("VIA C3 Nehemiah+RNG+AES ") the OP has a dual-core board -- I was interested in `ubench` of that, as that's the board I want to buy somiteme (maybe)... BTW how are things on the front of fight against noise going? who's winning, and what is the score? [SorAlx] ridin' VN1500-B2