From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 30 18:51:40 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2474FF56; Tue, 30 Jul 2013 18:51:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from obrien@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206c::16:87]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0BE9724E9; Tue, 30 Jul 2013 18:51:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id r6UIpdEx056590; Tue, 30 Jul 2013 18:51:39 GMT (envelope-from obrien@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id r6UIpdwC056587; Tue, 30 Jul 2013 18:51:39 GMT (envelope-from obrien) Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 11:51:38 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" To: Steve Kargl Subject: Re: svn commit: r253786 - in head/sys: dev/random modules/padlock_rng modules/rdrand_rng modules/yarrow_rng Message-ID: <20130730185138.GB63635@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <201307292058.r6TKwA56031193@svn.freebsd.org> <20130729214315.GA27225@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130729214315.GA27225@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT X-MUA-Host: dragon.NUXI.org X-to-the-FBI-CIA-and-NSA: HI! HOW YA DOIN? can i haz chizburger? User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: obrien@freebsd.org List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 18:51:40 -0000 On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 02:43:15PM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote: > On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 08:58:10PM +0000, David E. O'Brien wrote: > > Author: obrien > > Date: Mon Jul 29 20:58:09 2013 > > New Revision: 253786 > > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/253786 > > > > Log: > > > > * If the kernel doesn't have any random_adaptor adapters present > > then the creation of /dev/random is postponed until next > > random_adaptor is kldload'ed. > > I don't use modules. What is the magic I need to add to my > kernel config files? Perhaps, an entry in src/UPDATING is > needed. Hi Steve, >From the src/UPDATING entry :-) For example, to use Yarrow, add "options YARROW_RNG" to your kernel config. For hardware backed RNGs, use either "RDRAND_RNG" or "PADLOCK_RNG" options. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)