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

["Tracy J. Di Marco White" <gendalia%iastate.edu@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-xen/40739; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Tracy J. Di Marco White" <gendalia%iastate.edu@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: port-xen-maintainer%NetBSD.org@localhost, gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost,
        netbsd-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: port-xen/40739: no entropy device sourcese on 5.0_RC2 XEN3PAE_DOMU 
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:02:42 CST

 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