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diff --git a/sys-apps/rng-tools/files/rng-tools-5-man-fill-watermark.patch b/sys-apps/rng-tools/files/rng-tools-5-man-fill-watermark.patch new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..4cedf8fc97d3 --- /dev/null +++ b/sys-apps/rng-tools/files/rng-tools-5-man-fill-watermark.patch @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +https://bugs.gentoo.org/555094 + +patch by Gokturk Yuksek <gokturk@binghamton.edu> + +--- rngd.8.in ++++ rngd.8.in +@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ + .TP + \fB\-W\fI n\fR, \fB\-\-fill\-watermark=\fInnn\fR + Once we start doing it, feed entropy to \fIrandom-device\fR until at least +-\fIfill-watermark\fR bits of entropy are available in its entropy pool (default: 2048). ++\fIfill-watermark\fR bits of entropy are available in its entropy pool. ++By default, this value is set to 75% of the entropy pool size or 2048 bits ++if the entropy pool size couldn't be determined. + Setting this too high will cause \fIrngd\fR to dominate the contents of the + entropy pool. Low values will hurt system performance during entropy + starves. Do not set \fIfill-watermark\fR above the size of the |