really odd 0.45 startup behavior

[Paul Fox]

hi matt -- thanks -- this helps a lot.  i clearly need to
read up on entropy and randomness.  i hadn't caught the
change from /dev/urandom to /dev/random in 0.45.

perhaps a log message on return from /dev/random, if it
blocked for more than N seconds?  that would at least give
a clue as to where the time is going.

thanks,
paul

...
 > >     scp root at ppc:/bin/busybox /tmp
 > > will take upwards of 30 seconds to complete, but only for the first
 > > couple of minutes of uptime.  after that, it runs very quickly.
 > > 
 > 
 > *sigh* Seems to be yet another manifestation of the problem
 > of insufficient entropy at startup. (see
 > http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2005q1/000151.html
 > as a previous report). It's a hasslesome problem of embedded
 > environments.

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 paul fox, pgf at brightstareng.com