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Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 17:35:57 -0400
From: "John W. De Boskey" <jwd@FreeBSD.org>
To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc
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Hi,

   I specifically left the output of dd available so that it
would be more readily apparent how much data we were seeding
into /dev/random.  -current isn't supposed to be used by
the general 'user', so I wasn't real worried about the
output (it wasn't/isn't permanent).

   As to backgrounding...

   Depends on your definition of block... Yes, it could go
in the background, but what if the system finished booting
and a request to /dev/random occurs before the seeding is
finished?

-John

ps: On a side note, I'm seeing some interaction on a machine
    with an mfs and /dev/random. I haven't tracked it down
    yet, but why would an mfs require input from /dev/random?
    (this is occurring at boot time).


----- Jordan K. Hubbard's Original Message -----
> jkh         2000/10/20 10:41:46 PDT
> 
>   Modified files:
>     etc                  rc 
>   Log:
>   Redirect the stderr of dd to /dev/null so the user doesn't see rather
>   weird dd output on bootup as /dev/random is being reseeded.  Also,
>   can't this happen in the background since /dev/random blocks?
>   
>   Revision  Changes    Path
>   1.238     +3 -3      src/etc/rc
> 


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