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@@ -31,6 +31,21 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 11.x IS SLOW: disable the most expensive debugging functionality run "ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".) +20150817: + Kernel-loadable modules for the random(4) device are back. To use + them, the kernel must have + + device random + options RANDOM_LOADABLE + + kldload(8) can then be used to load random_fortuna.ko + or random_yarrow.ko. Please note that due to the indirect + function calls that the loadable modules need to provide, + the build-in variants will be slightly more efficient. + + The random(4) kernel option RANDOM_DUMMY has been retired due to + unpopularity. It was not all that useful anyway. + 20150813: The WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_TOOLS src.conf(5) knob has been retired. Control over building the ELF Tool Chain tools is now provided by |