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Date:      Sun, 16 Apr 2017 09:42:57 +0100
From:      Mark R V Murray <mark@grondar.org>
To:        =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@freebsd.org>
Cc:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r316982 - in head/sys: conf crypto/chacha20 modules modules/chacha20
Message-ID:  <144B63D2-039E-46A2-B2A1-EFB7BD9589A4@grondar.org>
In-Reply-To: <201704152051.v3FKpr38020502@repo.freebsd.org>
References:  <201704152051.v3FKpr38020502@repo.freebsd.org>

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> On 15 Apr 2017, at 21:51, Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav <des@freebsd.org> =
wrote:
>=20
> Author: des
> Date: Sat Apr 15 20:51:53 2017
> New Revision: 316982
> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/316982
>=20
> Log:
>  3BSD-licensed implementation of the chacha20 stream cipher, intended =
for
>  use by the upcoming arc4random replacement.
>=20
> Added:
>  head/sys/crypto/chacha20/
>  head/sys/crypto/chacha20/chacha20.c   (contents, props changed)
>  head/sys/crypto/chacha20/chacha20.h   (contents, props changed)
>  head/sys/modules/chacha20/
>  head/sys/modules/chacha20/Makefile   (contents, props changed)
> Modified:
>  head/sys/conf/files
>  head/sys/modules/Makefile

This is a loadable module, unlike the RC4 code which it needs to =
replace, and which is standard.

Making it loadable makes no sense in the context of arc4random(9).

Do you mind if I strip out the module bits in order to get my =
arc4random(9) commit completed?

M
--=20
Mark R V Murray




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