diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2105.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2105.xml index 9894ab02500..9e7ea70b9e7 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2105.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2105.xml @@ -509,6 +509,15 @@ self: super: services.flashpolicyd module. + + + The security.rngd module has been removed. + It was disabled by default in 20.09 as it was functionally redundent + with krngd in the linux kernel. It is not necessary for any device that the kernel recognises + as an hardware RNG, as it will automatically run the krngd task to periodically collect random + data from the device and mix it into the kernel's RNG. + +