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Date:      Thu, 2 Jul 2015 20:21:31 +0100
From:      Mark R V Murray <markm@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Arthur Mesh <amesh@juniper.net>
Cc:        "Simon J. Gerraty" <sjg@juniper.net>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, stevek@juniper.net
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:  <0B29F349-FB7C-4B71-A792-CE304FF72206@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20150702184255.GH90166@juniper.net>
References:  <201506301700.t5UH0jPq001498@svn.freebsd.org> <13981.1435792025@chaos> <5238A439-F25E-40F1-96D4-140460003982@FreeBSD.org> <22423.1435862187@chaos> <20150702184255.GH90166@juniper.net>

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> On 2 Jul 2015, at 19:42, Arthur Mesh <amesh@juniper.net> wrote:
>=20
> On Thu, Jul 02, 2015 at 11:36:27AM -0700, Simon J. Gerraty wrote:
>>> Sound like you just need to be able to select a single KLD at boot =
time?
>>=20
>> Quite possibly.
>>=20
>> Will confirm...
>=20
> Hello,
>=20
> We need to be able to select a random adaptor at load time. I.e. =
loader
> is the one selecting it based on configuration.
>=20
> I.e., if the box is configured to boot in FIPS mode, it should use =
NIST
> SP800-90 HMAC-DRBG adaptor. Otherwise, it uses the default FreeBSD
> adaptor (Fortuna I guess).

No problem!

Could you please let me know your implementation=E2=80=99s API? If I =
have that,
or at least an approximation, I can make a framework in which you can
insert your code.

> We do not need ability to switch adaptors at run-time.

Excellent. This has been causing trouble for me for ages.

M
--=20
Mark R V Murray




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