Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 10:15:21 +0200 (CEST) From: Sascha Blank <blank@sliphost37.uni-trier.de> To: gljohnsn@iamerica.net (Glenn Johnson) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: rand_irqs in sysconfig/rc.conf Message-ID: <199705190815.KAA04803@sliphost37.uni-trier.de> In-Reply-To: <199705190335.WAA01531@Gforce.iamerica.net> from Glenn Johnson at "May 18, 97 10:34:40 pm"
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Hello Glenn,
> Can someone explain to me what the 'rand_irqs' option in sysconfig/rc.conf
> does? I searched the help archives but could not come up with anything. My
> system is running fine but I am curious about this option. Thank you.
these interrupts are used as an additional source of entropy for the
generation of random numbers in the kernel. For more details on this
process do a "man 4 random".
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