Re: [PATCH] rand.c updates from FreeBSD RELENG_5
Hiten Pandya wrote:
> William M. Grim wrote:
>
>>> If you're porting code from 5.x to a 4.x-based OS like DF, you need to
>>> take care because of the different semantics of the /dev/random driver
>>> interface. OTOH it may make sense for you to port the 5.x /dev/random
>>> driver itself, because it has much better properties including better
>>> entropy gathering and better robustness against entropy starvation.
>>>
>>> Kris
>>
>>
>> I'm not very knowledgable of the code base as a whole, yet. So, I see
>> what you're saying, to an extent.
>>
>> I think what I've done so far would be good enough to go into DFly,
>> pending approval from the community. Also, beyond this, I would be
>> happy to port the /dev/random driver over to DFly. I can start working
>
>
> Not to scare you, but there are a lot of changes you will
> need to pull in for updating the random interface in DFly
> because of the major differences, stuff like the new TSC
> interface, bintime equivalent and various other functions.
>
> -Hiten
> hmp@backplane.com
He he, that's ok. I've had to do large straight-forward changes to
other proprietary products. I'll try to attack this in much the same
way I attacked the other problems. :-D
--Mike
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