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Re: port-xen/40739: no entropy device sourcese on 5.0_RC2 XEN3PAE_DOMU



In message <20090224214003.3D27163C1C0%www.NetBSD.org@localhost>, Manuel Bouyer 
writes:
} > % rndctl -ls
} > Source              Bits    Type    Flags
} >        4346 bits mixed into pool
} >           0 bits currently stored in pool (max 4096)
} >           0 bits of entropy discarded due to full pool
} >        4346 hard-random bits generated
} >      210118 pseudo-random bits generated
} 
} the problem in the case of a Xen domU is that there's no good source
} of entropy. On native systems we use the hard disk as a source
} of entropoy; but on a domU it's disabled because others domU could interfere
} with it.
} rndctl should show xennets as a possible source of entropy, but it has
} to be enabled manually.

How would I enable it manually?

Tracy J. Di Marco White
Information Technology Services
Iowa State University


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