Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 19:40:50 +0100 From: Mark R V Murray <mark@grondar.org> To: sbruno@freebsd.org Cc: "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: random(4) update causes mips compile fail | mips boot fail Message-ID: <9240BEF1-2791-4D58-A422-08AEF1CD306C@grondar.org> In-Reply-To: <1378579011.1588.16.camel@localhost> References: <1378572186.1588.5.camel@localhost> <24DB010A-F374-491B-9203-FDDD7EA14A51@grondar.org> <1378579011.1588.16.camel@localhost>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 7 Sep 2013, at 19:36, Sean Bruno <sean_bruno@yahoo.com> wrote: > On Sat, 2013-09-07 at 18:39 +0100, Mark R V Murray wrote: >> On 7 Sep 2013, at 17:43, Sean Bruno <sean_bruno@yahoo.com> wrote: >>> trying to enable random on my DIR-825 kernconf I get this on boot: >>> >>> Configuration file: /etc/cfg/hostapd.wlan0.conf >>> Using interface wlan0 with hwaddr 00:00:88:88:22:22 and ssid "TESTBRUNO" >>> Entropy device is blocking >> >> Please make a change to sys/dev/random/randomdev_soft.c; >> >> Around line 82, please change from ".seeded = 0" to ".seeded = 1". >> >> If that works, then your report above with the "Entropy device is blocking." >> is trying to read random numbers before /dev/random is secure; this is a BAD >> security problem. >> >> M > > > Looks like it does indeed work if that is set to 1. > > This "DIR-825" config, should be loading random as a module, not built > into the kernel due to size limitations of the kernel on this board. Hmm. I'll set it back to 1, but this is technically a security issue. Thanks for the report back, and sorry for the hassles! M -- Mark R V Murray [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.20 (Darwin) Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org iQCVAwUBUitzMt58vKOKE6LNAQoJbAP7BWUPAE9NOM7K6ufmEfv6lv1jvbN7A9jo 0ReQy5lebSox5A+5SnwR2iNiwrNXNcFdrhQbwtjougSLoj0k08+2ptnlyhrtII3j Hp2HwcX1XHGESbzpk0IIrf3XEloKIOSHIWcys5vcKoyhy1ZNmb8VsQeyDy7JqDqg mQ/0EqeZB1c= =gZs+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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