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NAME¶
virtio_random
—
VirtIO Entropy driver
SYNOPSIS¶
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:device
virtio_random
virtio_random_load="YES"
DESCRIPTION¶
Thevirtio_random
device driver provides
support for VirtIO entropy devices.
The entropy device supplies high-quality randomness from the hypervisor to the
guest.
SEE ALSO¶
random(4) virtio(4)HISTORY¶
Thevirtio_random
driver was written by
Bryan Venteicher ⟨bryanv@FreeBSD.org⟩.
December 28, 2013 | Debian |