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Feature #9640
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/dev/random should not block
Status:
New
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
-
Category:
kernel
Start date:
2018-07-05
Due date:
% Done:
0%
Estimated time:
Difficulty:
Medium
Tags:
needs-triage
Gerrit CR:
External Bug:
Description
FreeBSD, e.g., collapse /dev/random and /dev/urandom into the same thing, a non-blocking source.
A google search shows some rationales for why. Here's a summary of what FreeBSD does:
Related issues
Updated by Dan McDonald almost 5 years ago
- Related to Bug #995: boot message: No randomness provider enabled for /dev/random added
Updated by Dan McDonald almost 5 years ago
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