VIRTIO_RANDOM(4)

💖 VIRTIO_RANDOM(4) 💖

okay bestie, this is the VIRTIO_RANDOM(4) page from the Kernel Interfaces Manual, and it's literally all about the VirtIO Entropy driver. ✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

virtio_random — VirtIO Entropy driver. that's the whole name section, short and iconic. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

so to compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:

device virtio_random

alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

virtio_random_load="YES"

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so the virtio_random device driver provides support for VirtIO entropy devices. and the entropy device? it supplies high-quality randomness from the hypervisor to the guest. that's the vibe. 🔥

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

go read these too, bestie:

• random(4)
• virtio(4)

👑 HISTORY 👑

the virtio_random driver was written by Bryan Venteicher <bryanv@FreeBSD.org> — iconic author behavior, fr fr. 🌟

cute sign-off: this page is from Debian, dated December 28, 2013, and it's the VIRTIO_RANDOM(4) page. bye bestie, ily 🫶💖