/dev/io , /dev/mem : only used by Xorg?

[Kris Kennaway]

On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 12:06:11AM -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:

> >> Another strange thing is that /dev/random should block when it
> >> runs out of entropy - it doesen't seem to do so, however.  And the
> >> device doesen't seem to gain entropy that quickly.
> >
> > No, it should not block because it's not defined to block
> 
> In FreeBSD
> 
> > and that
> > would be a bad interface anyway.
> 
> The "u" in /dev/urandom means unblocking.

It also means "return stuff even when you have no more entropy".
Can't get there from here.

Kris
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