diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2105.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2105.xml index 9e7ea70b9e7..ca4b468e355 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2105.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2105.xml @@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ self: super: The security.rngd module has been removed. - It was disabled by default in 20.09 as it was functionally redundent + It was disabled by default in 20.09 as it was functionally redundant 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.