Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 12:00:17 +0200 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: Mark R V Murray <mark@grondar.org> Cc: Arthur Mesh <arthurmesh@gmail.com>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, secteam@freebsd.org, Philip Paeps <philip@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: random(4) plugin infrastructure for mulitple RNG in a modular fashion Message-ID: <861u5r71zi.fsf@nine.des.no> In-Reply-To: <0C97B866-A169-4141-8368-AA7F5B5382F4@grondar.org> (Mark R. V. Murray's message of "Sun, 18 Aug 2013 10:52:04 %2B0100") References: <20130807183112.GA79319@dragon.NUXI.org> <86pptfnu33.fsf@nine.des.no> <20130815231713.GD76666@x96.org> <20130816002625.GE76666@x96.org> <9B274F48-0C88-4117-BEAC-1A555772A3C5@grondar.org> <86a9kf733d.fsf@nine.des.no> <0C97B866-A169-4141-8368-AA7F5B5382F4@grondar.org>
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Mark R V Murray <mark@grondar.org> writes: > I'm looking at the new "adaptors" code and wondering what its for. It allows you to have multiple RNGs loaded or compiled-in simultaneously and select which one to use at runtime. Seems eminently sensible to me. > If the current three /dev/random drivers were each in KLDs, > then kldloading the one you wanted would be sufficient without > the extra complexity. And what would happen if you loaded several? DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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