svn commit: r253786 - in head/sys: dev/random modules/padlock_rng modules/rdrand_rng modules/yarrow_rng

[David O'Brien]

On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 02:43:15PM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 08:58:10PM +0000, David E. O'Brien wrote:
> > Author: obrien
> > Date: Mon Jul 29 20:58:09 2013
> > New Revision: 253786
> > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/253786
> > 
> > Log:
> >   
> >   * If the kernel doesn't have any random_adaptor adapters present
> >     then the creation of /dev/random is postponed until next
> >     random_adaptor is kldload'ed.
> 
> I don't use modules.  What is the magic I need to add to my
> kernel config files?  Perhaps, an entry in src/UPDATING is
> needed.

Hi Steve,

>From the src/UPDATING entry :-)

	For example, to use Yarrow, add "options YARROW_RNG" to your
	kernel config.  For hardware backed RNGs, use either "RDRAND_RNG"
	or "PADLOCK_RNG" options.

-- 
-- David  (obrien at FreeBSD.org)