svn commit: r241092 - head

Konstantin Belousov kib at FreeBSD.org
Mon Oct 1 10:46:36 UTC 2012


Author: kib
Date: Mon Oct  1 10:46:35 2012
New Revision: 241092
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/241092

Log:
  Add the UPDATING note about padlock rng support requiring the config change.
  
  Requested by:	Dewayne Geraghty <dewayne.geraghty at heuristicsystems.com.au>
  MFC after:	3 days

Modified:
  head/UPDATING

Modified: head/UPDATING
==============================================================================
--- head/UPDATING	Mon Oct  1 08:33:39 2012	(r241091)
+++ head/UPDATING	Mon Oct  1 10:46:35 2012	(r241092)
@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 10
 	disable the most expensive debugging functionality run
 	"ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
 
+20120913:
+	The random(4) support for the VIA hardware random number
+	generator (`PADLOCK') is no longer enabled unconditionally.
+	Add the PADLOCK_RNG option in the custom kernel config if
+	needed.  The GENERIC kernels on i386 and amd64 do include the
+	option, so the change only affects the custom kernel
+	configurations.
+
 20120908:
 	The pf(4) packet filter ABI has been changed. pfctl(8) and
 	snmp_pf module need to be recompiled to work with new kernel.


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