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Date:      Sat, 23 Mar 1996 14:42:54 +0200
From:      Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
To:        "Christoph P. Kukulies" <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: entropy source: Interrupts in use. 
Message-ID:  <199603231242.OAA00694@grumble.grondar.za>

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"Christoph P. Kukulies" wrote:
> 
> What does the bootup message
> 
> Entropy source: Interrupts in use.
> 
> mean?
> 
> Something I should worry about? I added an isdn card to irq 15
> recently.

Look at random(4) for more info. /dev/random hooks into some interrupts
as sources of entropy.

M
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