From owner-freebsd-arch Mon Dec 11 8:57: 4 2000 From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 11 08:57:03 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from gratis.grondar.za (grouter.grondar.za [196.7.18.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D942037B400 for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 08:56:59 -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 eBBGukI34896; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 18:56:46 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Message-Id: <200012111656.eBBGukI34896@gratis.grondar.za> To: Bruce Evans Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RANDOMDEV inspired realitycheck regarding i386/i486... References: In-Reply-To: ; from Bruce Evans "Mon, 11 Dec 2000 21:32:23 +1100." Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 18:56:50 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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