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Date:      Thu, 2 Jul 2015 07:59:11 +0100
From:      Mark R V Murray <markm@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Simon J. Gerraty" <sjg@juniper.net>
Cc:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@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:  <5238A439-F25E-40F1-96D4-140460003982@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <13981.1435792025@chaos>
References:  <201506301700.t5UH0jPq001498@svn.freebsd.org> <13981.1435792025@chaos>

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> On 2 Jul 2015, at 00:07, Simon J. Gerraty <sjg@juniper.net> wrote:
>=20
> Mark Murray <markm@freebsd.org> wrote:
>>  * src/sys/dev/random/random_adaptors.c =
src/sys/dev/random/random_adaptors.h
>>  - Remove; plugability is no longer used. Compile-time algorithm
>>    selection is the way to go.
>=20
> Errr we use that and need it.
> Please put it back.

Do you really need full the plugability (including run-time selection of =
algorithm), or do you just need to have KLD modules back?

I intend to do the latter, but in a different way. The adaptor code and =
run-time section was a locking liability.

> Whether we agree with NIST's ideas about how randomness should be
> handled or not, we need to to be able to comply and we do not want to
> burn their desired arrangement into our kernels.

Sound like you just need to be able to select a single KLD at boot time?

M
--=20
Mark R V Murray




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