Hi folks,
The logic for seeding the random device on start-up in /etc/rc has
changed slightly. Between revs 1.221 and 1.229 inclusive, the randomdev
module was automatically loaded if the write of the entropy seed file to
/dev/random failed.
After chatting to Mark Murray, I agree that this isn't such a hot plan.
If the random device isn't present, it may very well be because it's not
wanted.
There are several things on the horizon that will moot this point, so
there's no need to jump up and down about it. The bottom line is this:
If you do NOT have ``options RANDOMDEV'' in your kernel
and you DO want the random device
then add randomdev_load="YES" to /boot/loader.conf .
Ciao,
Sheldon.
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