Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 10:36:40 +0100 From: Mark R V Murray <markm@FreeBSD.org> To: "K. Macy" <kmacy@freebsd.org> Cc: "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: 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... Message-ID: <7EA4E94C-50AA-4251-A43F-4135239A0798@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CAHM0Q_MbtggZQkyok3fNNn2z8%2BX7AKSquSEiwCrNJUfgcsa91Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <201506301700.t5UH0jPq001498@svn.freebsd.org> <CAJ-VmomjDvkH7R-fhSbjFwj2XzNt4Z67aSKt-LRvvRTeVi2EPQ@mail.gmail.com> <6FF99E82-AE79-4112-8EB9-DC35B75F498D@FreeBSD.org> <1437055729.1334.359.camel@freebsd.org> <87D9CCA8-B77F-4CBD-85EC-08C4A9D8413E@FreeBSD.org> <CAHM0Q_MJnncE_aziaYr3iTv%2BUDRegYr2urhREbp9nczdyXYBsA@mail.gmail.com> <1AC4E809-0189-4B16-8BB0-691FF0BD053A@FreeBSD.org> <CAHM0Q_Ou6kMKFvyJTzk-axFBQLW%2BdWK8caCst7i2S4tJF-7dqg@mail.gmail.com> <69373179-2592-401F-A650-F643760E5F47@FreeBSD.org> <CAHM0Q_Od9U-fnOh93gAD14zP33SAFC=F3xhqO9Yxqj-qZ-0Y0Q@mail.gmail.com> <379DCA98-5525-4F37-A999-AFFDDA14766D@FreeBSD.org> <CAHM0Q_M_DrCM-4CniZFRnwB98YvzFN79ZYesfEVwqF0AKAyPmA@mail.gmail.com> <2C587E4C-E7A3-4AD6-BC3D-492BDDA72A96@FreeBSD.org> <CAHM0Q_MbtggZQkyok3fNNn2z8%2BX7AKSquSEiwCrNJUfgcsa91Q@mail.gmail.com>
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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 <kmacy@freebsd.org> wrote: >=20 > On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 3:01 PM, Mark R V Murray <markm@freebsd.org> = wrote: >>=20 >>> On 17 Jul 2015, at 22:39, K. Macy <kmacy@freebsd.org> 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
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