Re: CVS commit: src

[Christoph Egger <Christoph_Egger%gmx.de@localhost>]

On 11/23/11 11:47, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
> Module Name:    src
> Committed By:   tls
> Date:           Wed Nov 23 10:47:50 UTC 2011
>
> Modified Files:
>         src/distrib/sets/lists/etc: mi
>         src/etc/defaults: rc.conf
>         src/etc/rc.d: Makefile
>         src/sbin/rndctl: rndctl.8 rndctl.c
>         src/sys/dev: rnd.c
>         src/sys/secmodel/securelevel: secmodel_securelevel.c
>         src/sys/secmodel/suser: secmodel_suser.c
>         src/sys/sys: kauth.h rnd.h
> Added Files:
>         src/etc/rc.d: random_seed
>
> Log Message:
> Load entropy at system boot (only works at securelevel<  1); save
> at system shutdown.  Disable with random_seed=NO in rc.conf if desired.
>
> Goes to some trouble to never load or save to network filesystems.
>
> Entropy should really be loaded by the boot loader but I am still
> sorting out how to pass it to the kernel.

How about passing it as a module similar to the multiboot technique?

Christoph