470026 – sys-fs/lvm2 - init.d script for device-mapper may benefit from "use entropy"

Bug 470026 - sys-fs/lvm2 - init.d script for device-mapper may benefit from "use entropy"

Summary: sys-fs/lvm2 - init.d script for device-mapper may benefit from "use entropy"

Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal
Assignee:	Robin Johnson

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Reported:	2013-05-15 22:57 UTC by Roman Žilka
Modified:	2014-02-01 21:24 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Roman Žilka 2013-05-15 22:57:53 UTC

dmcrypt-backed filesystems use encryption from the moment they are open by the device-mapper initscript. Because of that, they could benefit from "use entropy" in the initscript's depend(). "Entropy" is provided by RNG control daemons such as rng-tools.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Robin Johnson archtester

2014-02-01 21:24:36 UTC

If you need that extra entropy, you can add rc_use=entropy in your own /etc/conf.d/device-mapper config, per rc.conf.