Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 00:07:52 -0700 From: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.osd.bsdi.com> To: "John W. De Boskey" <jwd@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc Message-ID: <78004.972112072@winston.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Message from "John W. De Boskey" <jwd@FreeBSD.org> of "Fri, 20 Oct 2000 17:35:57 EDT." <20001020173557.A19403@bsdwins.com>
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> 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 Well, if you can explain exactly how this information could also possibly help anyone, I'm happy to see it return. :) > 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? Well, my understanding of this from talking to markm is that it will block until sufficient entropy is available. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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