Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 18:56:50 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RANDOMDEV inspired realitycheck regarding i386/i486... Message-ID: <200012111656.eBBGukI34896@gratis.grondar.za> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012112126450.2890-100000@besplex.bde.org> ; from Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> "Mon, 11 Dec 2000 21:32:23 %2B1100." References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012112126450.2890-100000@besplex.bde.org>
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> I crashed -current a few times recently, and entropy seeding during > startup took several minutes of leaning on the space bar. This was > initially with a week old kernel and finally with a current kernel > and a broken ps. Apparently there isn't a enough entropy unless ps > produces a normal amount. Bruce, Please try this; short-circuit all the /etc/rc pseudo-entropy gathering (the processes that run a load of junk to try to reseed) and replace them with something that you _know_ is short-and-quick (like 'echo "kfjgsdkjfhskdjfhksdhf" >/dev/random') and let me know how long that takes. WARNING - this will make the startup state of /dev/random dangerously predictable and repeatable. Thanks! M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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