From owner-freebsd-current Sat Jan 20 8:10: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from gratis.grondar.za (grouter.grondar.za [196.7.18.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92CF637B401 for ; Sat, 20 Jan 2001 08:09:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from grondar.za (root@gratis.grondar.za [196.7.18.133]) by gratis.grondar.za (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f0KG9PI53208; Sat, 20 Jan 2001 18:09:27 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Message-Id: <200101201609.f0KG9PI53208@gratis.grondar.za> To: dmaddox@sc.rr.com Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pcm status References: <20010120104803.A327@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <20010120104803.A327@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com> ; from "Donald J . Maddox" "Sat, 20 Jan 2001 10:48:03 EST." Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 18:09:30 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 > > -- > > Mark Murray > > Warning: this .sig is umop ap!sdn > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > -- Mark Murray Warning: this .sig is umop ap!sdn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message