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diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.sparc64/vrng.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.sparc64/vrng.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..a757392291e --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.sparc64/vrng.4 @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: vrng.4,v 1.1 2009/01/17 19:16:36 kettenis Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2008 Mark Kettenis <kettenis@openbsd.org> +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: January 17 2009 $ +.Dt VRNG 4 sparc64 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm vrng +.Nd virtual random number generator +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "vrng0 at vbus?" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for the random number generation service +provided by the UltraSPARC Hypervisor as found on sun4v systems. +.Pp +Driven by period checks for available data from the generator, +.Nm +supplies entropy to the +.Xr random 4 +driver for common usage. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr intro 4 , +.Xr random 4 , +.Xr vbus 4 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver first appeared in +.Ox 4.5 . +.Sh AUTHORS +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Mark Kettenis Aq kettenis@openbsd.org . +.Sh BUGS +The +.Nm +driver should probably do periodic +.Dq health checks +when running in a Trusted Domain, but currently does not. |