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getrandom.2: Minor tweaks to Heinrich's text 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2015-01-28 07:04:54 +01:00
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@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ This system call is Linux-specific.
As of Linux 3.19 the following limits apply:
.IP * 3
When reading from
.I /dev/urandom
.IR /dev/urandom ,
a maximum of 33554431 bytes is returned by a single call to
.BR getrandom ()
on a system where
@ -181,13 +181,13 @@ on a system where
has a size of 32 bits.
.IP *
When reading from
.I /dev/random
.IR /dev/random ,
a maximum of 512 bytes is returned.
.SS Initilization of the entropy pool
.SS Initialization of the entropy pool
The kernel collects bits of entropy from environment.
When a sufficient number of random bits has been collected the
When a sufficient number of random bits has been collected, the
.I /dev/urandom
entropy pool is set to initialized.
entropy pool is considered to be initialized.
.SS Interruption by a signal handler
A call to
.BR getrandom ()