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12186 The n2rng man page incorrectly refers to n2cp
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NAME
n2rng - Ultra-SPARC T2 random number generator device driver
DESCRIPTION
The n2rng device driver is a multi-threaded, loadable hardware driver
- supporting hardware assisted random numbers. This support is built into
- the Ultra-SPARC T2 CMT processor.
+ supporting hardware assisted random numbers. This support is built
+ into the Ultra-SPARC T2 and later processors.
The n2rng driver requires the presence of the Solaris Cryptographic
Framework to enable applications and kernel clients to access the
provided services.
CONFIGURATION
You configure the n2rng driver by defining properties in
- /platform/sun4v/kernel/drv/n2cp.conf which override the default
+ /platform/sun4v/kernel/drv/n2rng.conf which override the default
settings. The following property is supported:
nostats
Disables the generation of statistics. The
nostats property may be used to help
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
inhibit support personnel.
CRYPTO STATISTICS
Solaris crypto drivers must implement statistics variables. Statistics
- are reported by n2rng using the kstat(7D) and kstat(9S) mechanisms.
- The n2rng driver maintains the following statistics:
+ reported by n2rng may be read using the kstat(1M) utility. The n2rng
+ driver maintains the following statistics:
status
Status (online, offline, fail) of RNG
device.
@@ -44,14 +44,13 @@
rngbytes
Number of bytes read from the RNG device.
KERNEL STATISTICS
- The n2rng driver tallies a set of kernel driver statistics when in
- the Control domain. Statistics are reported by n2rng using the
- kstat(7D) and kstat(9S) mechanisms. All statistics are maintained as
- unsigned, and all are 64 bits.
+ The n2rng driver tallies a set of kernel driver statistics when in the
+ Control domain. Statistics reported by n2rng may be read using the
+ kstat(1M) utility.
rng(n)-cell0-bias
Bias setting for noise cell 0 of RNG n.
@@ -69,28 +68,28 @@
rng(n)-cell2-bias
Bias setting for noise cell 2 of RNG n.
- rng(n)-cell3-entropy
+ rng(n)-cell2-entropy
Entropy value for noise cell 2 of RNG n.
rng(n)-state
State of rng number n (online, offline,
error, health check).
FILES
- /platform/sun4v/kernel/drv/sparcv9/n2cp
+ /platform/sun4v/kernel/drv/sparcv9/n2rng
- 64-bit ELF kernel driver.
+ Device driver (SPARC)
/platform/sun4v/kernel/drv/n2rng.conf
- Configuration file.
+ Driver configuration file
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
@@ -104,17 +103,10 @@
+---------------------+-----------------+
|Interface stability | Committed |
+---------------------+-----------------+
SEE ALSO
- cryptoadm(1M), kstat(1M), printers.conf(4), attributes(5)
+ cryptoadm(1M), kstat(1M), attributes(5)
- Solaris Cryptographic Framework - Solaris Software Developer Collection
-
- Solaris Security for Developer's Guide - Solaris Software Developer
- Collection
-
-
-
- April 15, 2009 N2RNG(7D)
+ January 12, 2020 N2RNG(7D)