I noticed "systems without sufficient boot randomness" and would like to add to 
this.

With the changes to /dev/random going from 4.16.3 to 4.16.4, my low-spec 
Chromebook does not reach
the login screen upon boot (it stays stuck on a black screen) until I provide a 
source of entropy to
the system via interrupts (e.g., holding down a key on the keyboard for 5 sec 
or moving my finger
across the touchpad a lot). After providing a source of entropy for long enough,
"random: crng init done" prints out in dmesg and the login screen finally pops 
up.

Detailed information on my system can be found on this bug report I recently 
worked on:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199463

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