From: Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:35:52 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Mention that /dev/urandom is needed.
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Mention that /dev/urandom is needed.
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diff --git a/INSTALL.Linux b/INSTALL.Linux
index c3cf2f84..014e3ac0 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 c9c53693..3b3e1505 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
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