From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 16 10:16:11 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E49416A4D1 for ; Fri, 16 Apr 2004 10:16:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tx1.oucs.ox.ac.uk (tx1.oucs.ox.ac.uk [129.67.1.167]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92F3043D48 for ; Fri, 16 Apr 2004 10:16:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk) Received: from scan1.oucs.ox.ac.uk ([129.67.1.166] helo=localhost) by tx1.oucs.ox.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1BEWwj-0008J5-IN for cvs-src@FreeBSD.org; Fri, 16 Apr 2004 18:16:09 +0100 Received: from rx1.oucs.ox.ac.uk ([129.67.1.165]) by localhost (scan1.oucs.ox.ac.uk [129.67.1.166]) (amavisd-new, port 25) with ESMTP id 31813-03 for ; Fri, 16 Apr 2004 18:16:09 +0100 (BST) Received: from gateway.wadham.ox.ac.uk ([163.1.161.253]) by rx1.oucs.ox.ac.uk with smtp (Exim 4.24) id 1BEWwj-0008Iw-4w for cvs-src@FreeBSD.org; Fri, 16 Apr 2004 18:16:09 +0100 Received: (qmail 18756 invoked by uid 1004); 16 Apr 2004 17:16:09 -0000 Received: from colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk by gateway by uid 71 with qmail-scanner-1.20 (clamscan: 0.67. sweep: 2.18/3.79. Clear:RC:1(163.1.161.131):. Processed in 0.106049 secs); 16 Apr 2004 17:16:09 -0000 Received: from dhcp1131.wadham.ox.ac.uk (HELO piii600.wadham.ox.ac.uk) (163.1.161.131) by gateway.wadham.ox.ac.uk with SMTP; 16 Apr 2004 17:16:09 -0000 Message-Id: <6.0.1.1.1.20040416181256.03fa0ae0@imap.sfu.ca> X-Sender: cperciva@imap.sfu.ca (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.1.1 Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 18:16:02 +0100 To: Mark Murray From: Colin Percival In-Reply-To: <200404161707.i3GH7BgK094067@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200404161707.i3GH7BgK094067@repoman.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/random harvest.c randomdev_soft.c X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 17:16:11 -0000 At 18:07 16/04/2004, Mark Murray wrote: > Default to harvesting everything. This is to help give a faster > startup. harvesting can be turned OFF in etc/rc.d/* if it is a > burden. Would it be reasonable perhaps to start by harvesting everything and revert to selective harvesting after some minimum number of bits have been obtained? Colin Percival