CVS commit: src/sys/kern

["Taylor R Campbell" <riastradh%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Module Name:    src
Committed By:   riastradh
Date:           Thu Apr 30 03:42:23 UTC 2020

Modified Files:
        src/sys/kern: kern_entropy.c

Log Message:
Accept both byte orders for random seed in the kernel.

The file format was defined with a machine-dependent 32-bit integer
field (the estimated number of bits of entropy in the process that
generated it).  Fortunately we have a checksum to verify the order.

This way you can use `rndctl -S' on a little-endian machine to
generate a seed when installing NetBSD on a big-endian machine, and
the kernel will accept it on boot.


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