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author | markm <markm@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-03-03 14:21:58 +0000 |
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committer | markm <markm@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-03-03 14:21:58 +0000 |
commit | a09585039adf82669d91c571a3b4284f09a3a2cb (patch) | |
tree | 285d0543270667e3020624463e5f68a26c94e766 /share | |
parent | 4ad8ae0ca13bcfcc17e599a7b090ad3d2c1766fc (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-a09585039adf82669d91c571a3b4284f09a3a2cb.zip FreeBSD-src-a09585039adf82669d91c571a3b4284f09a3a2cb.tar.gz |
Minor fixes. ManPolice stuff, and a clarification of interrupt
harvesting.
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/random.4 | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/random.4 b/share/man/man4/random.4 index 91b19c9..8e32f44 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/random.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/random.4 @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ into the PRNG. The .Nm device can be controlled with -.Xr sysctl 8 . +.Ic sysctl . .Pp To see the devices' current settings, use the command line: .Pp @@ -109,9 +109,8 @@ A zero (0) value means interrupts are not considered as an entropy source. Set the variable to one (1) if you wish to use them for entropy harvesting. -Currently, -only hard disk controllers -are considered as interrupt entropy sources. +All interrupt harvesting is setup by the +individual device drivers. .Pp The other variables are explained in the paper describing the .Em Yarrow @@ -121,6 +120,8 @@ algorithm at .Bl -tag -width /dev/random .It Pa /dev/random .El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr sysctl 8 .Sh HISTORY A .Nm @@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ The current implementation, introduced in .Fx 5.0 , is a complete rewrite by -.An Mark Murray , +.An Mark R V Murray , and is an implementation of the .Em Yarrow algorithm by Bruce Schneier, |