From owner-freebsd-current Sat Mar 23 04:43:49 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id EAA20396 for current-outgoing; Sat, 23 Mar 1996 04:43:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from grumble.grondar.za (root@grumble.grondar.za [196.7.18.130]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id EAA20391 for ; Sat, 23 Mar 1996 04:43:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from grumble.grondar.za (mark@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grumble.grondar.za (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA00694; Sat, 23 Mar 1996 14:42:54 +0200 (SAT) Message-Id: <199603231242.OAA00694@grumble.grondar.za> To: "Christoph P. Kukulies" cc: freebsd-current@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: entropy source: Interrupts in use. Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 14:42:54 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk "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 -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200 Finger mark@grondar.za for PGP key