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Date:      Mon, 26 Jun 2000 14:04:16 -0700
From:      Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>
To:        Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
Cc:        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 
Message-ID:  <20000626210416.324691CD7@overcee.netplex.com.au>
In-Reply-To: Message from Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>  of "Mon, 26 Jun 2000 14:06:52 %2B0200." <200006261206.OAA01025@grimreaper.grondar.za> 

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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..

Cheers,
-Peter
--
Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au
"All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5



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