On Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 01:52:04PM +0200, Mateusz Guzik wrote: M> /dev/zero returns 0s, while notrandom was implemented to return 7s. M> M> We could e.g. symlink /dev/notrandom to /dev/zero, but that would break M> compatiblity with Solaris apps depending on this functionality. M> M> It could also introduce hard-to-debug problems. After all, readers get a M> different value than they expect. M> M> Given that we have some parts of Solaris merged (zfs, dtrace) and work M> with open source forks on these technologies, I think we should diverge M> only when necessary. M> M> As a side note I'm surprised with the choice of 7. M> M> I would expect 3, no more, no less. 3 would be the number returned, and M> the number readers receive would be 3.
You can add the seven_region variable to dev/null/null.c and implement the new device here. Now notrandom.c shares > 50% of code with null.c. -- Totus tuus, Glebius. _______________________________________________ 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"
