srandom(9) is meaningless on SMP systems or any system with, say,
interrupts. One could never rely on random(9) to produce a reproducible
sequence of outputs on the basis of a specific srandom() seed because the
global state was shared by all kernel contexts. As such, removing it is
literally indistinguishable to random(9) consumers (as compared with
retaining it).
Mark random(9) as deprecated and slated for quick removal. This is not to
say we intend to remove all fast, non-cryptographic PRNG(s) in the kernel.
It/they just won't be random(9), as it exists today, in either name or
implementation.
Before random(9) is removed, a replacement will be provided and in-tree
consumers will be converted.
Note that despite the name, the random(9) interface does not bear any
resemblance to random(3). Instead, it is the same crummy 1988 Park-Miller
LCG used in libc rand(3).
Mainly focus on files that use BSD 3-Clause license.
The Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX) group provides a specification
to make it easier for automated tools to detect and summarize well known
opensource licenses. We are gradually adopting the specification, noting
that the tags are considered only advisory and do not, in any way,
superceed or replace the license texts.
Special thanks to Wind River for providing access to "The Duke of
Highlander" tool: an older (2014) run over FreeBSD tree was useful as a
starting point.
- Add support to 40Gbps devices;
- Add support to control adaptive interrupt coalescing (AIC)
via sysctl;
- Improve support of BE3 devices;
Many thanks to Emulex for their continued support of FreeBSD.
Submitted by: Venkata Duvvuru <VenkatKumar.Duvvuru Emulex Com>
MFC after: 3 days
of Skyhawk adapters.
Many thanks to Emulex for their continued support of FreeBSD.
Submitted by: "Duvvuru,Venkat Kumar" <VenkatKumar.Duvvuru Emulex.Com>
MFC after: 1 day
