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Date:      Mon, 26 Jun 2000 14:09:45 +0200
From:      Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
To:        obrien@freebsd.org
Cc:        dfr@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP! New (incomplete) /dev/random device! 
Message-ID:  <200006261209.OAA01050@grimreaper.grondar.za>
In-Reply-To: <20000626020538.F14265@dragon.nuxi.com> ; from "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>  "Mon, 26 Jun 2000 02:05:39 MST."
References:  <20000626020538.F14265@dragon.nuxi.com> 

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> On Sun, Jun 25, 2000 at 12:35:12PM +0200, Mark Murray wrote:
> > 3) It is not built by default (except as a kernel module), so you
> >    either need to add the "options RANDOMDEV" like to your kernel
> >    config, or load it at boot time in /dev/loader.conf
> 
> Can't things be made to autoload random.ko as happens for if_fxp.ko when
> I ifconfig it, or msdos.ko and procfs.ko when I mount them.

I'd like to do this, but there is no "trigger" that can be hooked to
do the work (mount and ifconfig can both do the work, but where do
you hook a read(2) from /dev/random?)

M
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