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author | schweikh <schweikh@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-01-20 21:33:45 +0000 |
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committer | schweikh <schweikh@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-01-20 21:33:45 +0000 |
commit | 8a0ed7ba0bce278484ae74225808796820894b62 (patch) | |
tree | eb67dc8d6778e1b8bd93399ea45131ce16915d60 /share/man | |
parent | 8a9c8a287a37066fd95659d3185b331a52843591 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-8a0ed7ba0bce278484ae74225808796820894b62.zip FreeBSD-src-8a0ed7ba0bce278484ae74225808796820894b62.tar.gz |
Slightly rearrange wording to deconfuse our man.cgi.
PR: 60743
Submitted by: Lucas <aspiesrule@mcleodusa.net>
MFC after: 2 weeks
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/random.4 | 14 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/random.4 b/share/man/man4/random.4 index 059db4c..9cbd1ca 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/random.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/random.4 @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ have been processed. This helps prevent the random device from being so compute-bound that it takes over all processing ability. -A value of zero (0) is treated as +A value of 0 (zero) is treated as .Em infinity , and will only allow the kernel to pause if the queue is empty. @@ -107,27 +107,27 @@ are accepted. The .Va kern.random.sys.harvest.ethernet variable is used to select LAN traffic as an entropy source. -A zero (0) value means that LAN traffic +A 0 (zero) value means that LAN traffic is not considered as an entropy source. -Set the variable to one (1) +Set the variable to 1 (one) if you wish to use LAN traffic for entropy harvesting. .Pp The .Va kern.random.sys.harvest.point_to_point variable is used to select serial line traffic as an entropy source. (Serial line traffic includes PPP, SLIP and all tun0 traffic.) -A zero (0) value means such traffic +A 0 (zero) value means such traffic is not considered as an entropy source. -Set the variable to one (1) +Set the variable to 1 (one) if you wish to use it for entropy harvesting. .Pp The .Va kern.random.sys.harvest.interrupt variable is used to select hardware interrupts as an entropy source. -A zero (0) value means interrupts +A 0 (zero) value means interrupts are not considered as an entropy source. -Set the variable to one (1) +Set the variable to 1 (one) if you wish to use them for entropy harvesting. All interrupt harvesting is setup by the individual device drivers. |