> On 2 Nov 2014, at 09:59, Andrey Chernov <a...@freebsd.org> wrote: > > On 02.11.2014 12:45, Mark R V Murray wrote: >> Hi DES, >> >> I’m scared witless of this being on-by-default, for the reason given in the >> removed comment. I’d much prefer to see it only turned on if a kernel option >> is set, and the embedded folks /et al/ can use that. > > We don't need yet one kernel knob to make sysadmin life a bit more > harder. This thing needs to be autosensed somehow. F.e. if no disk > interrupts or ethernet interrupt hooks are executed, switch to AUTOSEED > automatically (or by any other automatic way).
DES’s change makes no difference in a Tier-1 platform, except potentially hiding a security problem. In the embedded world Tier-2+ (MIPS/ARM) where the problem is raising its head, customised kernels are very common indeed, and this option gives further control to the engineer configuring the system. M -- Mark R V Murray _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
