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| 24.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/random.4 160496 2006-07-19 10:49:43Z brueffer $ | 24.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/random.4 162404 2006-09-18 15:24:20Z ru $ |
| 25.\" 26.Dd July 19, 2006 27.Dt RANDOM 4 28.Os 29.Sh NAME 30.Nm random 31.Nd the entropy device 32.Sh SYNOPSIS --- 90 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 123The 124.Va kern.random.sys.harvest.interrupt 125variable is used to select hardware interrupts 126as an entropy source. 127A 0 (zero) value means hardware interrupts 128are not considered as an entropy source. 129Set the variable to 1 (one) 130if you wish to use them for entropy harvesting. | 25.\" 26.Dd July 19, 2006 27.Dt RANDOM 4 28.Os 29.Sh NAME 30.Nm random 31.Nd the entropy device 32.Sh SYNOPSIS --- 90 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 123The 124.Va kern.random.sys.harvest.interrupt 125variable is used to select hardware interrupts 126as an entropy source. 127A 0 (zero) value means hardware interrupts 128are not considered as an entropy source. 129Set the variable to 1 (one) 130if you wish to use them for entropy harvesting. |
| 131All hardware interrupt harvesting is setup by the | 131All hardware interrupt harvesting is set up by the |
| 132individual device drivers. 133.Pp 134The 135.Va kern.random.sys.harvest.swi 136variable is used to select software interrupts 137as an entropy source. 138A 0 (zero) value means software interrupts 139are not considered as an entropy source. --- 188 unchanged lines hidden --- | 132individual device drivers. 133.Pp 134The 135.Va kern.random.sys.harvest.swi 136variable is used to select software interrupts 137as an entropy source. 138A 0 (zero) value means software interrupts 139are not considered as an entropy source. --- 188 unchanged lines hidden --- |