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.\"     $OpenBSD: vrng.4,v 1.1 2009/01/17 19:16:36 kettenis Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2008 Mark Kettenis <kettenis@openbsd.org>
.\"
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.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.