Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 20:28:17 +0200 From: Mark Huizer <freebsd@dohd.org> To: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.osd.bsdi.com> Cc: Mark Huizer <freebsd@dohd.org>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc Message-ID: <20001022202817.A30674@dohd.cx> In-Reply-To: <82968.972178582@winston.osd.bsdi.com>; from jkh@winston.osd.bsdi.com on Sat, Oct 21, 2000 at 06:36:22PM -0700 References: <freebsd@dohd.org> <82968.972178582@winston.osd.bsdi.com>
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> > Hmm... that putting the entropy reseeding in background doesn't improve > > anything if 2 lines later ldconfig, mfs, or whatever sets in and blocks > > for it? > Yeah, I should have noted that I wasn't considering this a major > speed-up so much as a simple stylistic point. The amount of actual > time gained would be relatively fractional unless that dd is stuffing > far more data down /dev/random than is needed for sshd or whatever. Either you have data to give to /dev/random, not needing all entropy gathering, giving you no gain by backgrounding it. Or you don't have the data and you need entropy and you don't have enough for most of the processes coming later. I still see no gain, not even stylistic :-) Mark -- Nice testing in little China... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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