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To: Glenn Johnson <gljohnsn@iamerica.net>
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Subject: Re: rand_irqs in sysconfig/rc.conf 
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Glenn Johnson writes:
>Can someone explain to me what the 'rand_irqs' option in sysconfig/rc.conf 
>does? I searched the help archives but could not come up with anything. My 
>system is running fine but I am curious about this option. Thank you.

it's used in rc.i386; take a look at that and read the manpage for
rndcontrol.

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