On 20 January 2014 02:05, Theo de Raadt <dera...@cvs.openbsd.org> wrote:
> This change allows the arc4random() subsystem to self-initialize from
> boot-supplied data, upon first call.  It uses rs_buf[] to build the
> chacha context, then permits drawing of up to 1GB of data without
> entering the difficult reseeding or rekeying codepaths.
>
> When other required subsystems are ready, kernel main() properly
> starts the entropy flow as before.
>
> This is intended to allow super-early random use.
>

OK

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