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> The boot manager optionally reads a random seed from the ESP partition, combines it with a 'system token' stored in a persistent EFI variable and derives a ra
by yrro 7y ago
> The boot manager optionally reads a random seed from the ESP partition, combines it with a 'system token' stored in a persistent EFI variable and derives a random seed to use
by the OS as entropy pool initializaton, providing a full entropy pool during early boot.
Wow that's very nice! I may give systemd-boot another go due to this!