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| author | Conrad Meyer <cem@FreeBSD.org> | 2019-06-21 00:16:30 +0000 |
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| committer | Conrad Meyer <cem@FreeBSD.org> | 2019-06-21 00:16:30 +0000 |
| commit | c363b16c639529cf82d353abaa17f19bad7f8aec (patch) | |
| tree | 8aeebe50c46d11ca69be282a742ee48a076bba4e /UPDATING | |
| parent | a809abd44a24a54b92de608cbc8a3c853852fd4b (diff) | |
| download | src-test-c363b16c639529cf82d353abaa17f19bad7f8aec.tar.gz src-test-c363b16c639529cf82d353abaa17f19bad7f8aec.zip | |
sys: Remove DEV_RANDOM device option
Remove 'device random' from kernel configurations that reference it (most).
Replace perhaps mistaken 'nodevice random' in two MIPS configs with 'options
RANDOM_LOADABLE' instead. Document removal in UPDATING; update NOTES and
random.4.
Reviewed by: delphij, markm (previous version)
Approved by: secteam(delphij)
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D19918
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=349253
Diffstat (limited to 'UPDATING')
| -rw-r--r-- | UPDATING | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING index 7eb324078d539..86ffdc7379d59 100644 --- a/UPDATING +++ b/UPDATING @@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 13.x IS SLOW: disable the most expensive debugging functionality run "ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".) +20190620: + The "device random" option has been removed. Entropy collection and + the /dev/random device are no longer an optional component. + Implementations of distilling algorithms can still be made loadable + with "options RANDOM_LOADABLE" (e.g., random_fortuna.ko). + 20190612: Clang, llvm, lld, lldb, compiler-rt, libc++, libunwind and openmp have been upgraded to 8.0.1. Please see the 20141231 entry below for |