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diff --git a/sys/dev/random/harvest.c b/sys/dev/random/harvest.c
index 0ffa83e..d783065 100644
--- a/sys/dev/random/harvest.c
+++ b/sys/dev/random/harvest.c
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ random_yarrow_deinit_harvester(void)
* not do anything slow in here!
* Implemented as in indirect call to allow non-inclusion of
* the entropy device.
+ *
+ * XXXRW: get_cyclecount() is cheap on most modern hardware, where cycle
+ * counters are built in, but on older hardware it will do a real time clock
+ * read which can be quite expensive.
*/
void
random_harvest(void *entropy, u_int count, u_int bits, u_int frac,
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