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Date:      Wed, 1 Apr 2015 14:43:13 +0300
From:      Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Mateusz Guzik <mjg@freebsd.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r280955 - in head/sys: modules/notrandom dev/notrandom
Message-ID:  <20150401114313.GZ64665@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20150401113628.GA16649@dft-labs.eu>
References:  <20150401113628.GA16649@dft-labs.eu>

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On Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 01:36:28PM +0200, Mateusz Guzik wrote:
M> Author: mjg
M> Date: Wed Apr  1 13:37:00 2015
M> New Revision: 280955
M> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/280955
M> 
M> Log:
M>   Add /dev/notrandom
M> 
M>   notrandom provides fast and reliable not random numbers.
M> 
M>   This was added in an effort to increase feature-compatiblity with
M>   Solaris 10.
M> 
M>   See http://www.brendangregg.com/Specials/notrandom.c for Solaris
M>   implementation.
M> 
M>   Reviewed-by: Bruce Schneier (ok, not really)
M>   MFC after:	1 week

What is the difference of this implementation with /dev/zero?

-- 
Totus tuus, Glebius.



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