* Mark Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001113 22:17] wrote:
> > I was playing with bind9 and got the typical:
> > 
> >     On FreeBSD systems, the server logs error messages like "fcntl(8,
> >     F_SETFL, 4): Inappropriate ioctl for device". This is due to
> >     a bug in the FreeSBD /dev/random device. The bug has been
> >     reported to the FreeBSD maintainers. Versions of OpenBSD prior
> >     to 2.8 have a similar problem.
> > 
> > I took a look at what OpenBSD did and it looks like they just
> > no-op'd out the ioctl:
> > 
> > http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/rnd.c?r1=1.40&r2=1.41
> > 
> > I have a patch that seems to shut bind up, but I'm not 100% sure
> > this is the right fix, as it looks like it just fakes the nonblocking
> > access to the random devices.
> > 
> > Here's my patch (I can probably generate this for alpha):
> > 
> > Index: mem.c
[snip]
> > 
> > Did I miss part of the OpenBSD delta?  This looks too easy. :(
>
> Hi
> 
> I have something similar to this, and it goes slightly further.
> 
> Yes, it is this simple :-).

Can you get it ready for 4.2?  I'd like to see us be able to
run bind9 in the next release.

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