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authorLeo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>2017-12-13 18:49:28 -0500
committerLeo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>2017-12-19 11:31:24 -0500
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services: urandom-seed: Try using a HWRNG to seed the Linux CRNG at boot.
* gnu/services/base.scm (urandom-seed-shepherd-service): Try to read from
'/dev/hwrng' at boot, as a supplement to any saved random seed.
* doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Document the new feature.
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@@ -10025,7 +10025,9 @@ well as in the @var{groups} field of the @var{operating-system} record.
 
 @deffn {Scheme Procedure} urandom-seed-service
 Save some entropy in @var{%random-seed-file} to seed @file{/dev/urandom}
-when rebooting.
+when rebooting.  It also tries to seed @file{/dev/urandom} from
+@file{/dev/hwrng} while booting, if @file{/dev/hwrng} exists and is
+readable.
 @end deffn
 
 @defvr {Scheme Variable} %random-seed-file