Module Name: src
Committed By: nia
Date: Sat Nov 16 17:33:09 UTC 2019
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man7: sysctl.7
Log Message:
Document usage of KERN_ARND
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diff -u src/share/man/man7/sysctl.7:1.141 src/share/man/man7/sysctl.7:1.142
--- src/share/man/man7/sysctl.7:1.141 Thu Nov 14 21:23:46 2019
+++ src/share/man/man7/sysctl.7 Sat Nov 16 17:33:09 2019
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: sysctl.7,v 1.141 2019/11/14 21:23:46 jdolecek Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: sysctl.7,v 1.142 2019/11/16 17:33:09 nia Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -383,8 +383,10 @@ the variable may be created and removed
upon loading or unloading the corresponding kernel module.
.It Li kern.aio_max
The maximum number of asynchronous I/O operations.
-.It Li kern.arandom
-This variable picks a random number each time it is queried.
+.It Li kern.arandom ( Dv KERN_ARND )
+This variable returns up to 256 bytes of random data.
+Multiple queries can be used to obtain an infinite amount of
+non-blocking cryptographically secure random data.
The used random number generator
.Pf ( RNG )
is based on
