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| author | brueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-12-27 15:45:08 +0000 |
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| committer | brueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-12-27 15:45:08 +0000 |
| commit | 8bb16e8b83888a9e71f33bb657c54fd6b0be8e0b (patch) | |
| tree | d6c3787bbb68751d2d645033984b6d5da7793159 /share/man/man4/safe.4 | |
| parent | 8b95999cbb681ac5a61d227fa7c845aa03dbf19a (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-8bb16e8b83888a9e71f33bb657c54fd6b0be8e0b.zip FreeBSD-src-8bb16e8b83888a9e71f33bb657c54fd6b0be8e0b.tar.gz | |
o add missing sysctl to synopsis
o remove some useless words
o fix spelling
MFC after: 5 days
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man4/safe.4')
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/safe.4 | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/safe.4 b/share/man/man4/safe.4 index 46cf4a5..aae2a80 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/safe.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/safe.4 @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ .Nm device safe .sp .Cd sysctl hw.safe.debug +.Cd sysctl hw.safe.dump .Cd sysctl hw.safe.rnginterval .Cd sysctl hw.safe.rngbufsize .Cd sysctl hw.safe.rngmaxalarm @@ -63,9 +64,9 @@ On all models, the driver registers itself to provide random data to the .Xr random 4 subsystem. Periodically the driver will poll the hardware RNG and retrieve -data to for use by the system. +data for use by the system. If the driver detects that the hardware RNG is resonating with any local -signal it will reset the oscillators that generate random data. +signal, it will reset the oscillators that generate random data. Three sysctl settings control this procedure: .Li hw.safe.rnginterval specifies the time, in seconds, between polling operations, @@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ specifies the time, in seconds, between polling operations, specifies the number of 32-bit words to retrieve on each poll, and .Li hw.safe.rngmaxalarm -specifies the threshold for reseting the oscillators. +specifies the threshold for resetting the oscillators. .Pp When the driver is compiled with .Dv SAFE_DEBUG |
