Feels like Oracle convention all of a sudden...

> I think we need to clarify why this should be done.

The lesson is to always report underlying reasons. Because as we see 
here, it might turn out misleading.

> ... The SPARC "random" 
> instruction was never implemented and never will be implemented.

http://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=926725b3d7c1528f2dc116a48623c42264188277
http://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=e796666d34c24b96943ae653dc93371bcae19021

As for getisax. One of limiting factors is ability to test and perform 
regression tests. We don't have access to hardware running SPARC Solaris 
(anymore) and for this reason something we can test elsewhere [i.e. 
current exception-based procedure] is actually preferable.


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