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# 267654 19-Jun-2014 gjb

Copy stable/9 to releng/9.3 as part of the 9.3-RELEASE cycle.

Approved by: re (implicit)
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation

# 225736 22-Sep-2011 kensmith

Copy head to stable/9 as part of 9.0-RELEASE release cycle.

Approved by: re (implicit)


# 153575 20-Dec-2005 ps

Remove GIANT from device random.

Submitted by: ups


# 128321 16-Apr-2004 markm

Attempts to make this device Giant-free were ill-conceived as
uiomove(9) is not properly locked. So, return to NEEDGIANT
mode. Later, when uiomove is finely locked, I'll revisit.

While I'm here, provide some temporary debugging output to
help catch blocking startups.


# 128059 09-Apr-2004 markm

Reorganise the entropy device so that high-yield entropy sources
can more easily be used INSTEAD OF the hard-working Yarrow.
The only hardware source used at this point is the one inside
the VIA C3 Nehemiah (Stepping 3 and above) CPU. More sources will
be added in due course. Contributions welcome!


# 122871 17-Nov-2003 markm

Overhaul the entropy device:

o Each source gets its own queue, which is a FIFO, not a ring buffer.
The FIFOs are implemented with the sys/queue.h macros. The separation
is so that a low entropy/high rate source can't swamp the harvester
with low-grade entropy and destroy the reseeds.

o Each FIFO is limited to 256 (set as a macro, so adjustable) events
queueable. Full FIFOs are ignored by the harvester. This is to
prevent memory wastage, and helps to keep the kernel thread CPU
usage within reasonable limits.

o There is no need to break up the event harvesting into ${burst}
sized chunks, so retire that feature.

o Break the device away from its roots with the memory device, and
allow it to get its major number automagically.


# 91600 03-Mar-2002 markm

Massive lint-inspired cleanup.

Remove unneeded includes.
Deal with unused function arguments.
Resolve a boatload of signed/unsigned imcompatabilities.
Etc.


# 83267 09-Sep-2001 peter

Fix a minor buglet/typo here that gcc3 complains about.


# 74072 10-Mar-2001 markm

Very large makeover of the /dev/random driver.

o Separate the kernel stuff from the Yarrow algorithm. Yarrow is now
well contained in one source file and one header.

o Replace the Blowfish-based crypto routines with Rijndael-based ones.
(Rijndael is the new AES algorithm). The huge improvement in
Rijndael's key-agility over Blowfish means that this is an
extremely dramatic improvement in speed, and makes a heck of
a difference in its (lack of) CPU load.

o Clean up the sysctl's. At BDE's prompting, I have gone back to
static sysctls.

o Bug fixes. The streamlining of the crypto stuff enabled me to
find and fix some bugs. DES also found a bug in the reseed routine
which is fixed.

o Change the way reseeds clear "used" entropy. Previously, only the
source(s) that caused a reseed were cleared. Now all sources in the
relevant pool(s) are cleared.

o Code tidy-up. Mostly to make it (nearly) 80-column compliant.