From owner-svn-src-all@freebsd.org Sat Jul 18 09:36:51 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06DA49A5B89; Sat, 18 Jul 2015 09:36:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from markm@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gromit.grondar.org (grandfather.grondar.org [IPv6:2a01:348:0:15:5d59:5c20:0:2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BA4D31BFA; Sat, 18 Jul 2015 09:36:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from markm@FreeBSD.org) Received: from graveyard.grondar.org ([88.96.155.33] helo=gronkulator.grondar.org) by gromit.grondar.org with esmtpsa (TLSv1:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.85 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1ZGOY2-000G0l-TU; Sat, 18 Jul 2015 10:36:47 +0100 Subject: Re: svn commit: r284959 - in head: . share/man/man4 share/man/man9 sys/conf sys/dev/glxsb sys/dev/hifn sys/dev/random sys/dev/rndtest sys/dev/safe sys/dev/syscons sys/dev/ubsec sys/dev/virtio/random sy... Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2102\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: Mark R V Murray In-Reply-To: Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 10:36:40 +0100 Cc: "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" , "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" , "src-committers@freebsd.org" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <7EA4E94C-50AA-4251-A43F-4135239A0798@FreeBSD.org> References: <201506301700.t5UH0jPq001498@svn.freebsd.org> <6FF99E82-AE79-4112-8EB9-DC35B75F498D@FreeBSD.org> <1437055729.1334.359.camel@freebsd.org> <87D9CCA8-B77F-4CBD-85EC-08C4A9D8413E@FreeBSD.org> <1AC4E809-0189-4B16-8BB0-691FF0BD053A@FreeBSD.org> <69373179-2592-401F-A650-F643760E5F47@FreeBSD.org> <379DCA98-5525-4F37-A999-AFFDDA14766D@FreeBSD.org> <2C587E4C-E7A3-4AD6-BC3D-492BDDA72A96@FreeBSD.org> To: "K. Macy" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.2102) X-SA-Score: -1.0 X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 09:36:51 -0000 CC=E2=80=99ing to original lists. Kip=E2=80=99s problem has come to conclusion, and our final (private) = email is forwarded to the lists with permission. It should be noted that Kip was importing CURRENT to a fork of FreeBSD, and there was a potential merging problem that may have caused a link failure. M > On 17 Jul 2015, at 23:14, K. Macy wrote: >=20 > On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 3:01 PM, Mark R V Murray = wrote: >>=20 >>> On 17 Jul 2015, at 22:39, K. Macy wrote: >>> Like I said, the linking issue isn't a concern. My problem is that >>> it's not booting because it hangs in an uninterruptible sleep in dd. >>> In addition, I strongly disagree with a change that by default could >>> adversely impact network performance. >>=20 >> I=E2=80=99ve agreed that the fact that it is uninterruptible is cause = for >> concern, and I=E2=80=99ve now coded but not tested or committed a = fix. >>=20 >=20 > Glad to hear it. >=20 >> The fact that RANDOM_DUMMY never unblocks is a feature not a bug. >=20 > I don't recall having suggested otherwise. Returning with no entropy > would be undesirable. But as you now, presumably, realize - having the > reader be unkillable as a result of this wait is highly undesirable. >=20 >=20 >>> If you say that you've tested RANDOM_DUMMY and it works for you then = I >>> guess I'm on my own. >>=20 >> RANDOM_DUMMY is for folks who don=E2=80=99t want a CSPRNG. It sounds = like you >> need one. >=20 > Yes. I had already reached the obvious conclusion that enabling > fortuna would have bypassed all this grief. >=20 >=20 > Cheers. >=20 > -K >=20 --=20 Mark R V Murray