Re: [PATCH] rand.c updates from FreeBSD RELENG_5

[Hiten Pandya <hmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx