Re: port-xen/40739: no entropy device sourcese on 5.0_RC2 XEN3PAE_DOMU

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 04:02:42PM -0600, Tracy J. Di Marco White wrote:
> 
> In message <20090224214003.3D27163C1C0%www.NetBSD.org@localhost>, Manuel 
> Bouyer writes:
> } > % rndctl -ls
> } > Source            Bits    Type    Flags
> } >      4346 bits mixed into pool
> } >         0 bits currently stored in pool (max 4096)
> } >         0 bits of entropy discarded due to full pool
> } >      4346 hard-random bits generated
> } >    210118 pseudo-random bits generated
> } 
> } the problem in the case of a Xen domU is that there's no good source
> } of entropy. On native systems we use the hard disk as a source
> } of entropoy; but on a domU it's disabled because others domU could interfere
> } with it.
> } rndctl should show xennets as a possible source of entropy, but it has
> } to be enabled manually.
> 
> How would I enable it manually?

'rndctl -l' should list it; you should be able to enable it with
'rndctl -c'

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
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