Mark R V Murray <ma...@freebsd.org> wrote:
> >>  - Remove; plugability is no longer used. Compile-time algorithm
> >>    selection is the way to go.
> > 
> > Errr we use that and need it.
> > Please put it back.
> 
> Do you really need full the plugability (including run-time selection
> of algorithm), or do you just need to have KLD modules back?

We need KLD for sure, and the ablity to leave out a mixer like
yarrow/fortuna - we do not expect any of our customers (except those
forced to by govt) to use that arrangement though.

> I intend to do the latter, but in a different way. The adaptor code
> and run-time section was a locking liability.
> 
> > Whether we agree with NIST's ideas about how randomness should be
> > handled or not, we need to to be able to comply and we do not want to
> > burn their desired arrangement into our kernels.
> 
> Sound like you just need to be able to select a single KLD at boot time?

Quite possibly.

Will confirm...

Thanks
--sjg
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