Module Name: src
Committed By: nia
Date: Fri Apr 2 07:04:05 UTC 2021
Modified Files:
src/sbin/rndctl: rndctl.8
Log Message:
rndctl.8: reflect current reality
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.26 -r1.27 src/sbin/rndctl/rndctl.8
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Modified files:
Index: src/sbin/rndctl/rndctl.8
diff -u src/sbin/rndctl/rndctl.8:1.26 src/sbin/rndctl/rndctl.8:1.27
--- src/sbin/rndctl/rndctl.8:1.26 Thu May 7 19:09:26 2020
+++ src/sbin/rndctl/rndctl.8 Fri Apr 2 07:04:05 2021
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: rndctl.8,v 1.26 2020/05/07 19:09:26 riastradh Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: rndctl.8,v 1.27 2021/04/02 07:04:05 nia Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1997 Michael Graff
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd August 10, 2014
+.Dd April 2, 2021
.Dt RNDCTL 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -56,11 +56,9 @@ entropy pool maintained by
The following options are available:
.Bl -tag -width 123456
.It Fl C
-Disable collection of timing information for the given
-device name or device type.
+Disable collection of data for the given device name or device type.
.It Fl c
-Enable collection of timing information for the given
-device name or device type.
+Enable collection of data for the given device name or device type.
.It Fl d
Only the device named
.Ar devname
@@ -68,14 +66,15 @@ is altered or displayed.
This is mutually exclusive with
.Fl t .
.It Fl E
-Disable entropy estimation from the collected timing information for
-the given device name or device type.
-If collection is still enabled, timing information is still
-collected and mixed into the internal entropy pool,
-but no entropy is assumed to be present.
+Disable entropy estimation for the given device name or device type.
+If collection is still enabled, data is still collected and mixed into
+the internal entropy pool, but no entropy is assumed to be present.
.It Fl e
-Enable entropy estimation using the collected timing information
-for the given device name or device type.
+Re-enable entropy estimation for the given device name or device type.
+If the kernel's estimate for the given device is zero, as it is for
+devices of types other than
+.Ic rng ,
+this does not increase the estimate.
.It Fl i
With the
.Fl L
@@ -138,6 +137,7 @@ Verbose output.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr rnd 4 ,
+.Xr entropy 7 ,
.Xr rnd 9
.Sh HISTORY
The
