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| author | WORLDofPEACE <worldofpeace@protonmail.ch> | 2021-02-21 07:09:13 -0500 |
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| committer | WORLDofPEACE <worldofpeace@protonmail.ch> | 2021-02-21 07:09:13 -0500 |
| commit | 3c88820235fdd63f10d87eb120bd16fb2c7f7a96 (patch) | |
| tree | 27464903f86704e916bc18b77b2de9f2849b4382 /nixos/doc | |
| parent | 16b6c4b2d7b0bb5e64492daf4e9adc185bbcf48d (diff) | |
rl-2105: rngd
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| -rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2105.xml | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2105.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2105.xml index 9894ab0250003..9e7ea70b9e7f1 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2105.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2105.xml @@ -509,6 +509,15 @@ self: super: <varname>services.flashpolicyd</varname> module. </para> </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The <literal>security.rngd</literal> module has been removed. + It was disabled by default in 20.09 as it was functionally redundent + with krngd in the linux kernel. It is not necessary for any device that the kernel recognises + as an hardware RNG, as it will automatically run the krngd task to periodically collect random + data from the device and mix it into the kernel's RNG. + </para> + </listitem> </itemizedlist> </section> |