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authorMichael Shalayeff <mickey@cvs.openbsd.org>1996-03-29 13:43:00 +0000
committerMichael Shalayeff <mickey@cvs.openbsd.org>1996-03-29 13:43:00 +0000
commit68c57f3bbd7785f310e783b96d427b516f6f7b88 (patch)
tree77c6b50a90db8f528e3897f0d52919f157a0e55b /share/man/man9
parent7adb03b57ebdf31e3c8c68b8eaa4f0e7f7d71c76 (diff)
Initial commit of random data source devices' manual.
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-rw-r--r--share/man/man9/Makefile4
-rw-r--r--share/man/man9/rnd.956
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diff --git a/share/man/man9/Makefile b/share/man/man9/Makefile
index 94bc180a218..5b38427ff48 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/Makefile
+++ b/share/man/man9/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.3 1996/03/11 13:04:48 mickey Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.4 1996/03/29 13:42:59 mickey Exp $
# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.4 1996/01/09 03:23:01 thorpej Exp $
# Makefile for section 9 (kernel function and variable) manual pages.
MAN= boot.9 copy.9 disk.9 doshutdownhooks.9 fetch.9 intro.9 inittodr.9 \
- resettodr.9 shutdownhook_establish.9 store.9 time.9 \
+ resettodr.9 rnd.9 shutdownhook_establish.9 store.9 time.9 \
vm_allocate.9 vm_map_copy.9 vm_deallocate.9 vm_map_inherit.9 \
vm_map_protect.9
diff --git a/share/man/man9/rnd.9 b/share/man/man9/rnd.9
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d018168c51f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/man/man9/rnd.9
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+.\" $OpenBSD: rnd.9,v 1.1 1996/03/29 13:42:59 mickey Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Michael Shalayeff
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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+.\"
+.Dd March 26, 1996
+.Dt RND 9
+.Os OpenBSD
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm random
+.Nd device kernel interface
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <dev/rndvar.h>
+.Va void add_keyboard_randomness(u_char scancode);
+.br
+.Va void add_net_randomness(int isr);
+.br
+.Va void add_blkdev_randomness(dev_t dev);
+.br
+.Va void get_random_bytes(void *buf, size_t nbytes);
+.br
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+add_{keyboard,net,blkdev}_randomness routines used to supply data
+for the random data source device for future processing.
+.Pp
+get_random_bytes maybe used to retrive strong random data, just
+as it would by
+.Xr srnd 4
+device.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr rnd 4