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Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man4/random.4')
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/random.4 b/share/man/man4/random.4 index e2809f4..095b73f 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/random.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/random.4 @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd September 7, 2012 +.Dd July 29, 2013 .Dt RANDOM 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ The device will probe for certain hardware entropy sources, and use these in preference to the fallback, which is a generator implemented in software. +If the kernel environment MIB's +.Va hw.nehemiah_rng_enable +or +.Va hw.ivy_rng_enable +are set to +.Dq Li 0 , +the associated hardware entropy source will be ignored. .Pp If the device is using the software generator, @@ -74,6 +81,7 @@ device, use the command line: .Pp which results in something like: .Bd -literal -offset indent +kern.random.adaptors: yarrow kern.random.sys.seeded: 1 kern.random.sys.harvest.ethernet: 1 kern.random.sys.harvest.point_to_point: 1 @@ -89,7 +97,9 @@ kern.random.yarrow.slowoverthresh: 2 (These would not be seen if a hardware generator is present.) .Pp -All settings are read/write. +Other than +.Dl kern.random.adaptors +all settings are read/write. .Pp The .Va kern.random.sys.seeded |
