Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:11:13 -0500 From: Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Pekka Savola <pekkas@netcore.fi> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Apache Signal 11 Message-ID: <d1de1b29ac410f7c78a206713951f936@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0503292041500.4724@netcore.fi> References: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0503201108560.19276@netcore.fi> <Pine.LNX.4.61.0503292041500.4724@netcore.fi>
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On Mar 29, 2005, at 12:53 PM, Pekka Savola wrote: > - setting up irqs as sources for /dev/random pool, (in my case vmstat > -i shows a lot of activity at 2, 10, 0 and 8, and I used the first two > with rndcontrol and then in rc.conf w/ rand_irqs=) IRQ 0 and 8 are clock interrupts (1/HZ for the scheduler, and a RTC), and IRQ 2 has some odd aggregate or multiplexing function for historical reasons; none of these make a good choice as an entropy source. Using an IRQ for your NIC (10?) and/or an interrupt for your hard drive (14?) are much better. -- -Chuck
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