Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 14:43:13 +0300 From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org> To: Mateusz Guzik <mjg@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r280955 - in head/sys: modules/notrandom dev/notrandom Message-ID: <20150401114313.GZ64665@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20150401113628.GA16649@dft-labs.eu> References: <20150401113628.GA16649@dft-labs.eu>
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On Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 01:36:28PM +0200, Mateusz Guzik wrote: M> Author: mjg M> Date: Wed Apr 1 13:37:00 2015 M> New Revision: 280955 M> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/280955 M> M> Log: M> Add /dev/notrandom M> M> notrandom provides fast and reliable not random numbers. M> M> This was added in an effort to increase feature-compatiblity with M> Solaris 10. M> M> See http://www.brendangregg.com/Specials/notrandom.c for Solaris M> implementation. M> M> Reviewed-by: Bruce Schneier (ok, not really) M> MFC after: 1 week What is the difference of this implementation with /dev/zero? -- Totus tuus, Glebius.
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