From owner-freebsd-current Mon Aug 21 13: 5:46 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from lists01.iafrica.com (lists01.iafrica.com [196.7.0.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3981137B422 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2000 13:05:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nwl.fw.uunet.co.za ([196.31.2.162]) by lists01.iafrica.com with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #2) id 13QxpE-00014D-00 for current@freebsd.org; Mon, 21 Aug 2000 22:05:40 +0200 Received: (from nobody@localhost) by nwl.fw.uunet.co.za (8.8.8/8.6.9) id WAA15073 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2000 22:05:39 +0200 (SAST) Received: by nwl.fw.uunet.co.za via recvmail id 15059; Mon Aug 21 22:05:30 2000 Prev-Resent: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 18:39:12 +0200 Prev-Resent: current@FreeBSD.org From: Sheldon Hearn To: current@freebsd.org Subject: HEADS UP: random module no longer loaded by default Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 16:44:08 +0200 Message-ID: <553.966869048@axl.fw.uunet.co.za> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi folks, The logic for seeding the random device on start-up in /etc/rc has changed slightly. Between revs 1.221 and 1.229 inclusive, the randomdev module was automatically loaded if the write of the entropy seed file to /dev/random failed. After chatting to Mark Murray, I agree that this isn't such a hot plan. If the random device isn't present, it may very well be because it's not wanted. There are several things on the horizon that will moot this point, so there's no need to jump up and down about it. The bottom line is this: If you do NOT have ``options RANDOMDEV'' in your kernel and you DO want the random device then add randomdev_load="YES" to /boot/loader.conf . Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message