From owner-cvs-all Tue Jun 27 21:17:48 2000 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mailman.zeta.org.au (mailman.zeta.org.au [203.26.10.16]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AD3137B6D2; Tue, 27 Jun 2000 21:17:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bde@zeta.org.au) Received: from bde.zeta.org.au (bde.zeta.org.au [203.2.228.102]) by mailman.zeta.org.au (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA13457; Wed, 28 Jun 2000 14:17:19 +1000 Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 14:17:06 +1000 (EST) From: Bruce Evans X-Sender: bde@besplex.bde.org To: Peter Wemm Cc: Mark Murray , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin Makefile src/usr.sbin/rndcontrol Makefile random.4 rndcontrol.8 rndcontrol.c In-Reply-To: <20000626210416.324691CD7@overcee.netplex.com.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Peter Wemm wrote: > Mark Murray wrote: > > > > I'll be using sysctl, not ioctl, and I'll be hooking the entropy at a > > > > higher level (except for the keyboard). > > > > > > I have long wished for drivers to specify at IRQ setup time if they are > > > suitable sources of entropy or not, and for a reasonable set of sources to > > > be found automatically as a result. Linux and NetBSD (at least) do this. > > > > BDE talked me out of this yaers ago. > > > > "Too Difficult". > > Err.. why? We now have a generic place to hook into at the nexus if the > driver approves. For shared irqs, we can check that all handlers are OK > with it. We have flags available.. I only objected to using sysctl for controlling devices. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message