Since libvirt 1.3.4, any RNG source is accepted for the 'random'
backend. However, '/dev/urandom' is the _recommended_ source of
entropy.
Mention it so in the docs.
Suggested-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kashyap Chamarthy <kchamart@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
docs/formatdomain.html.in | 16 ++++++++++------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
index 89672a0486..3dd6a59a01 100644
--- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in
+++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
@@ -7738,12 +7738,16 @@ qemu-kvm -net nic,model=? /dev/null
<dt><code>random</code></dt>
<dd>
<p>
- This backend type expects a non-blocking character device as
- input. The file name is specified as contents of the
- <code>backend</code> element. <span class='since'>Since 1.3.4</span>
- any path is accepted. Before that /dev/random and /dev/hwrng were
- the only accepted paths. When no file name is specified the hypervisor
- default is used. For qemu, the default is /dev/random
+ This backend type expects a non-blocking character device
+ as input. The file name is specified as contents of the
+ <code>backend</code> element. <span class='since'>Since
+ 1.3.4</span> any path is accepted. Before that
+ <code>/dev/random</code> and <code>/dev/hwrng</code> were
+ the only accepted paths. When no file name is specified,
+ the hypervisor default is used. For QEMU, the default is
+ <code>/dev/random</code>. However, the recommended source
+ of entropy is <code>/dev/urandom</code> (as it doesn't
+ have the limitations of <code>/dev/random</code>).
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>egd</code></dt>
--
2.17.0
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