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Date:      Sat, 20 Jan 2001 18:09:30 +0200
From:      Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
To:        dmaddox@sc.rr.com
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: pcm status 
Message-ID:  <200101201609.f0KG9PI53208@gratis.grondar.za>
In-Reply-To: <20010120104803.A327@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com> ; from "Donald J . Maddox" <dmaddox@sc.rr.com>  "Sat, 20 Jan 2001 10:48:03 EST."
References:  <20010120104803.A327@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com> 

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OK, please try this, then; change the HARVEST_RING_SIZE in
sys/dev/random/yarrow.h to a smaller power-of-2 (256 or 128 would
be good), and let me know how that helps-or-not.

Thanks!

M

> If it helps at all, it's marginal.  I still get skips.
> 
> On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 05:36:08PM +0200, Mark Murray wrote:
> > > This is directly traceable to entropy harvesting by /dev/*random.
> > > I know it's not an option if you need to use ssh, but not loading
> > > random.ko will fix the sound problems when moving the mouse or
> > > typing.  It doesn't fix the 'hwptr went backwards' messages, though.
> > 
> > Please tell me if
> > 
> > sysctl -w kern.random.yarrow.bins=2
> > makes a difference for you.
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > M
> > -- 
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