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Date:      Tue, 20 Jun 2000 13:57:01 -0400
From:      "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" <jeroen@vangelderen.org>
To:        James Howard <howardjp@wam.umd.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Why is this architecture dependent?
Message-ID:  <394FB06D.93B5BD7F@vangelderen.org>
References:  <200006201722.NAA15674@rac4.wam.umd.edu>

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James Howard wrote:
> 
> In message <394FA4CE.1B8620AB@vangelderen.org>, "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" write
> s:
> > You are right and work is under way to break out this functionality in
> > a MI driver. Search the mailing list archives for details. A first
> > attempt can be found at:
> >
> >   http://jeroen.vangelderen.org/FreeBSD/misc_device/
> >
> > MarkM will soon import a variant of this with his excellent Yarrow
> > work.
> 
> Ahh, excellent.  I was hoping to see something like this.
> 
> Will random and urandom also end up therE?

Broken out into their own device, yes. As a bonus we'll provide a
better PRNG construct named Yarrow. 

Cheers,
Jeroen
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