From 6e8e271c0dc5e931d64436dea6643eb25527b1d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Pfaff Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:35:52 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Mention that /dev/urandom is needed. --- INSTALL.Linux | 2 ++ PORTING | 7 +++++++ 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/INSTALL.Linux b/INSTALL.Linux index c3cf2f84d..014e3ac09 100644 --- 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 c9c536938..3b3e15052 100644 --- 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. + Questions --------- -- 2.43.0