Mention that /dev/urandom is needed.

diff --git a/INSTALL.Linux b/INSTALL.Linux
index c3cf2f8..014e3ac 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL.Linux
+++ b/INSTALL.Linux
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ following software:
       if it is installed in a different location, then some Open
       vSwitch log messages will not be as detailed.
 
+You should ensure that /dev/urandom exists.
+
 To run the ovsdmonitor tool, the machine must also have the following
 software:
 

diff --git a/PORTING b/PORTING
index c9c5369..3b3e150 100644 (file)
--- a/PORTING
+++ b/PORTING
@@ -202,6 +202,13 @@ during a port:
       vSwitch datapath module for the Linux kernel.  They may serve as
       a model for minimal netdev implementations.
 
+Miscellaneous Notes
+-------------------
+
+lib/uuid.c, used in OVSDB, assumes that it can obtain a high-quality
+random number seed at startup by reading from /dev/urandom.  You may
+need to modify it if this is not true on your platform.
+
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