Add support for using Linux getrandom syscall

Disabled by default as it requires a relatively recent kernel and glibc.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/news.rst b/news.rst
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@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ Version 2.8.0, Not Yet Released
 * In ECC private keys, include the public key data for compatibility with
   GnuTLS (GH #1634 #1635)
 
+* Add support for using Linux ``getrandom`` syscall to access the system PRNG.
+  This is disabled by default, use ``--with-os-feature=getrandom`` to enable.
+
 * It is now possible to encrypt private keys using SIV mode.
 
 * The FFI function botan_privkey_load now ignores its rng argument.