4 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Robert Watson
38c9c1708b Perform a lockless read to test whether an entropy havesting fifo is
full, avoiding the cost of mutex operations if it is.  We re-test
once the mutex is acquired to make sure it's still true before doing
the -modify-write part of the read-modify-write.  Note that due to
the maximum fifo depth being pretty deep, this is unlikely to improve
harvesting performance yet.

Approved by:	markm
2004-08-11 03:33:32 +00:00
Mark Murray
587d5fc63b Start the entropy device insecure/unblocked. I'll be handing over
responsibility for critical randomness requirements (like sshd)
to rc.d/*

Requested by: many
2004-07-18 09:07:58 +00:00
Mark Murray
2a8b87d883 Default to harvesting everything. This is to help give a faster
startup. harvesting can be turned OFF in etc/rc.d/* if it is a
burden.
2004-04-16 17:07:11 +00:00
Mark Murray
e7806b4c0e 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!
2004-04-09 15:47:10 +00:00