tech-kern: /dev/random without random sources blocking forever?

Subject: /dev/random without random sources blocking forever?
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jorge_Acereda_Maci=E1?= <jacereda@users.sourceforge.net>
List: tech-kern
Date: 08/21/2006 21:56:32

Hi,

I've noticed that reading from /dev/random without attaching a random 
source (or specifying only a source of type RND_TYPE_NET) blocks 
forever. Is this the intended behaviour?

I'm running -current for ofppc which ATM doesn't attach any random sources.

TIA,
   Jorge Acereda