Module Name: src
Committed By: martin
Date: Mon Nov 18 19:45:00 UTC 2019
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man7 [netbsd-9]: sysctl.7
Log Message:
Pull up following revision(s) (requested by nia in ticket #440):
share/man/man7/sysctl.7: revision 1.142
Document usage of KERN_ARND
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.139 -r1.139.2.1 src/share/man/man7/sysctl.7
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
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Modified files:
Index: src/share/man/man7/sysctl.7
diff -u src/share/man/man7/sysctl.7:1.139 src/share/man/man7/sysctl.7:1.139.2.1
--- src/share/man/man7/sysctl.7:1.139 Sat Jun 1 19:54:34 2019
+++ src/share/man/man7/sysctl.7 Mon Nov 18 19:45:00 2019
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: sysctl.7,v 1.139 2019/06/01 19:54:34 kamil Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: sysctl.7,v 1.139.2.1 2019/11/18 19:45:00 martin Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -382,8 +382,10 @@ 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
