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VIRTIO_RANDOM(4) Device Drivers Manual VIRTIO_RANDOM(4)

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

Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

virtio_random_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION

The virtio_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

The virtio_random driver was written by
Bryan Venteicher <bryanv@FreeBSD.org>.
December 28, 2013 Linux 4.9.0-9-amd64