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#!/bin/sh
#
# $FreeBSD$
#

# PROVIDE: preseedrandom
# KEYWORD: FreeBSD nojail

feed_dev_random()
{
	if [ -f "${1}" -a -r "${1}" -a -s "${1}" ]; then
		cat "${1}" | dd of=/dev/random bs=8k 2>/dev/null
	fi
}

soft_random_generator=`sysctl kern.random 2>/dev/null`

if [ -n "${soft_random_generator}" ] ; then

	echo -n 'Pre-seeding PRNG:'

	# XXX temporary until we can improve the entropy
	# harvesting rate.
	# Entropy below is not great, but better than nothing.
	# This unblocks the generator at startup
	( ps -fauxww; sysctl -a; date; df -ib; dmesg; ps -fauxww; ) \
	    | dd of=/dev/random bs=8k 2>/dev/null
	cat /bin/ls | dd of=/dev/random bs=8k 2>/dev/null

	# First pass at reseeding /dev/random.
	#
	if [ -w /dev/random ]; then
		feed_dev_random "/entropy"
	fi

	echo -n ' kickstart'

	echo '.'
fi
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