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[src/netbsd-9]: src/share/man/man7 Pull up following revision(s) (requested b...
details: https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/c63f63564578
branches: netbsd-9
changeset: 461201:c63f63564578
user: martin <martin%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date: Mon Nov 18 19:45:00 2019 +0000
description:
Pull up following revision(s) (requested by nia in ticket #440):
share/man/man7/sysctl.7: revision 1.142
Document usage of KERN_ARND
diffstat:
share/man/man7/sysctl.7 | 8 +++++---
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diffs (22 lines):
diff -r c714ca5b8a5e -r c63f63564578 share/man/man7/sysctl.7
--- a/share/man/man7/sysctl.7 Mon Nov 18 19:36:03 2019 +0000
+++ b/share/man/man7/sysctl.7 Mon Nov 18 19:45:00 2019 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: sysctl.7,v 1.139 2019/06/01 19:54:34 kamil Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: sysctl.7,v 1.139.2.1 2019/11/18 19:45:00 martin Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -382,8 +382,10 @@
upon loading or unloading the corresponding kernel module.
.It Li kern.aio_max
The maximum number of asynchronous I/O operations.
-.It Li kern.arandom
-This variable picks a random number each time it is queried.
+.It Li kern.arandom ( Dv KERN_ARND )
+This variable returns up to 256 bytes of random data.
+Multiple queries can be used to obtain an infinite amount of
+non-blocking cryptographically secure random data.
The used random number generator
.Pf ( RNG )
is based on
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