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Date:      Sun, 18 Aug 2013 10:52:04 +0100
From:      Mark R V Murray <mark@grondar.org>
To:        =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
Cc:        Arthur Mesh <arthurmesh@gmail.com>, Philip Paeps <philip@freebsd.org>, secteam@freebsd.org, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: random(4) plugin infrastructure for mulitple RNG in a modular fashion
Message-ID:  <0C97B866-A169-4141-8368-AA7F5B5382F4@grondar.org>
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On 18 Aug 2013, at 10:36, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav <des@des.no> wrote:

> Mark R V Murray <mark@grondar.org> writes:
>> When I commit Fortuna, I'll also be adding (back) options YARROW_RNG
>> and FORTUNA_RNG,
>=20
> Why would you do that?  What's wrong with "device fortuna"?

As I said in a previous mail, "nothing". :-)

I'm looking at the new "adaptors" code and wondering what its for.

If the current three /dev/random drivers were each in KLDs,
then kldloading the one you wanted would be sufficient without
the extra complexity.

Yes, this does represent a change of mind on my part; I was initially
enthusiastic about this.

M
--=20
Mark R V Murray


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