Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 16:51:10 +0100 From: Mark R V Murray <mark@grondar.org> To: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com> Cc: Benjamin Kaduk <bjkfbsd@gmail.com>, "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r280955 - in head/sys: modules/notrandom dev/notrandom Message-ID: <22C101FB-6F00-468C-8681-27EB54E4049A@grondar.org> In-Reply-To: <20150401154633.GA14631@dft-labs.eu> References: <20150401113628.GA16649@dft-labs.eu> <20150401114313.GZ64665@FreeBSD.org> <20150401115204.GB16649@dft-labs.eu> <1427897897.82583.62.camel@freebsd.org> <551C0A92.8070507@freebsd.org> <551C0B2A.9060006@freebsd.org> <5A609CED-56E6-4459-8505-58930048AA0D@grondar.org> <CAJ5_RoAAnV8bTUeD-Okdy2JJkUyyS3Fy%2BhrP8kKz0s=nZG615g@mail.gmail.com> <20150401154633.GA14631@dft-labs.eu>
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> On 1 Apr 2015, at 16:46, Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com> wrote: > We can add an ioctl to control this. Thats a bad idea, because some fool may set up their local instance to return a random number (like 4), and that will badly break the intent of this device. And before somebody says “tools, not policy”, there is SOME level of protection that you must allow for to prevent completely idiotic admins to foul things up! > Opinions? “Pah!”? M -- Mark R V Murray
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