From owner-dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org Thu Jul 29 08:32:00 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: dev-commits-src-main@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DF3966F18E; Thu, 29 Jul 2021 08:32:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Gb3fm1tKbz3kyn; Thu, 29 Jul 2021 08:32:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gitrepo.freebsd.org (gitrepo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:5]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 290746A0D; Thu, 29 Jul 2021 08:32:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gitrepo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.44]) by gitrepo.freebsd.org (8.16.1/8.16.1) with ESMTP id 16T8W0rQ061829; Thu, 29 Jul 2021 08:32:00 GMT (envelope-from git@gitrepo.freebsd.org) Received: (from git@localhost) by gitrepo.freebsd.org (8.16.1/8.16.1/Submit) id 16T8W0hA061828; Thu, 29 Jul 2021 08:32:00 GMT (envelope-from git) Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2021 08:32:00 GMT Message-Id: <202107290832.16T8W0hA061828@gitrepo.freebsd.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org From: David Malone Subject: git: fd309107e9dc - main - Minor language improvements. Note that they can't be changed by sysctl (I think they can be changed as a tuneable.) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Git-Committer: dwmalone X-Git-Repository: src X-Git-Refname: refs/heads/main X-Git-Reftype: branch X-Git-Commit: fd309107e9dc403ef376bb1b992323977cc678f5 Auto-Submitted: auto-generated X-BeenThere: dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: Commit messages for the main branch of the src repository List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2021 08:32:00 -0000 The branch main has been updated by dwmalone: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=fd309107e9dc403ef376bb1b992323977cc678f5 commit fd309107e9dc403ef376bb1b992323977cc678f5 Author: David Malone AuthorDate: 2021-07-29 08:23:39 +0000 Commit: David Malone CommitDate: 2021-07-29 08:26:19 +0000 Minor language improvements. Note that they can't be changed by sysctl (I think they can be changed as a tuneable.) --- share/man/man4/random.4 | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/share/man/man4/random.4 b/share/man/man4/random.4 index 3b3f9b2330e3..fb851cdb7ba1 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/random.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/random.4 @@ -44,9 +44,11 @@ state, and will block reads until it is seeded for the first time. .Pp To provide prompt access to the random device at boot time, .Fx -automatically persists some entropy data in +automatically saves some entropy data in .Pa /boot/entropy -for the loader to provide to the kernel. +for the +.Xr loader 8 +to provide to the kernel. Additional entropy is regularly saved in .Pa /var/db/entropy . This saved entropy is sufficient to unblock the random device on devices with @@ -95,7 +97,8 @@ Other than .Va kern.random.fortuna.minpoolsize , and .Va kern.random.harvest.mask , -all settings are read-only. +all settings are read-only via +.Xr sysctl 8 . .Pp The .Pa kern.random.fortuna.minpoolsize @@ -126,7 +129,7 @@ sysctls can be used to confirm settings in a human readable form. Disabled items -in the latter item +in the latter are listed in square brackets. See .Xr random_harvest 9