Re: getrandom and getentropy

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

On Sat, May 02, 2020 at 12:22:20PM +0000, maya%NetBSD.org@localhost wrote:
> Having compat shims in libc is as good as having compat shims in syscall
> because it isn't possible to share raw syscall code between NetBSD and
> other operating systems -- our calling convention is different.

I can't parse that - a "compat shim" here would be something like
a getrandom() function implemented by doing sysctl kern.arandom.

Helps everything expecting the getrandom() API and using libc, does not
help go or rust.

Not sure how other OSes get involved here.

Martin