Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 13:04:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Mark Murray <markm@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc rc.shutdown src/etc/defaults rc.conf Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007171303500.49901-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200007171228.FAA85855@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, Mark Murray wrote:
> markm 2000/07/17 05:28:59 PDT
>
> Modified files:
> etc rc rc.shutdown
> etc/defaults rc.conf
> Log:
> Add entropy caching. With this, some entropy is cached at shutdown
> time, and this is used to reseed the random number generator at
> boot time.
>
> NOTE - this has no hope of working if you halt(); you need to
> execute rc.shutdown to get the entropy stash.
Should this be stashed by the kernel in a swap device, or something?
Kris
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