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It falls back to /dev/urandom, which will cause the kernel bitterly complain by spamming log messages while the entropy pool hasn't been seeded.
by rcxdude 6y ago
It falls back to /dev/urandom, which will cause the kernel bitterly complain by spamming log messages while the entropy pool hasn't been seeded.
- LukeShu 6y agoIf I'm reading the source right, it actually falls back to a blocking `getrandom` followed by /dev/urandom; so actually instead of spamming the logs about "entropy pool hasn't been seeded", it will block until it is seeded.
- segfaultbuserr 6y agoIt'll also block the system from booting for as long as a few minutes in the absence of user input.