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113 lines
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.\" Copyright (c) 2002 Mark R V Murray
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd February 6, 2002
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.Dt RANDOM_HARVEST 9
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm random_harvest
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.Nd gather entropy from the kernel for the entropy device
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In sys/types.h
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.In sys/random.h
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.Ft void
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.Fo random_harvest
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.Fa "void *entropy"
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.Fa "u_int size"
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.Fa "u_int bits"
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.Fa "u_int frac"
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.Fa "enum esource source"
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.Fc
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn random_harvest
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function is used by device drivers
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and other kernel processes to pass data
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that is considered (at least partially) stochastic
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to the entropy device.
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.Pp
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The caller should pass a pointer (to no more than 16 bytes) of
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the
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.Dq random
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data in
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.Fa entropy .
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The argument
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.Fa size
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contains the number of bytes pointed to.
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The caller should
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.Em "very conservatively"
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estimate the number of random bits
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in the sample,
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and pass this in
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.Fa bits
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or
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.Fa frac .
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If the estimated number of bits per sample is an integer, then
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.Fa bits
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is used, and
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.Fa frac
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is 0.
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Otherwise,
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for low-entropy samples,
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.Dq fractional
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entropy can be supplied in
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.Fa frac .
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(This is considered to be
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.Fa frac /
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1024 bits of entropy.)
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The
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.Fa source
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is chosen from
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.Dv RANDOM_WRITE , RANDOM_KEYBOARD , RANDOM_MOUSE , RANDOM_NET
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and
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.Dv RANDOM_INTERRUPT ,
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and is used to indicate the source of the entropy.
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.Pp
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Interrupt harvesting has been simplified
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for the kernel programmer.
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If a device driver registers an interrupt handler
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with
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.Xr BUS_SETUP_INTR 9
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or
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.Xr bus_setup_intr 9 ,
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then it is only necessary to
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include the
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.Dv INTR_ENTROPY
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bit in the
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.Fa flags
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argument to have that interrupt source
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be used for entropy harvesting.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr random 4 ,
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.Xr BUS_SETUP_INTR 9
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.Sh AUTHORS
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The
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.Fx
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.Xr random 4
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entropy device and supporting documentation was written by
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.An Mark R V Murray .
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