Module Name: src Committed By: nia Date: Sat Nov 16 17:33:09 UTC 2019
Modified Files: src/share/man/man7: sysctl.7 Log Message: Document usage of KERN_ARND To generate a diff of this commit: cvs rdiff -u -r1.141 -r1.142 src/share/man/man7/sysctl.7 Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files: Index: src/share/man/man7/sysctl.7 diff -u src/share/man/man7/sysctl.7:1.141 src/share/man/man7/sysctl.7:1.142 --- src/share/man/man7/sysctl.7:1.141 Thu Nov 14 21:23:46 2019 +++ src/share/man/man7/sysctl.7 Sat Nov 16 17:33:09 2019 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $NetBSD: sysctl.7,v 1.141 2019/11/14 21:23:46 jdolecek Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: sysctl.7,v 1.142 2019/11/16 17:33:09 nia Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -383,8 +383,10 @@ the variable may be created and removed 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