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@@ -27,6 +27,21 @@ in this preference order.
Use additional file as a macig cookie random seed. When file is defined
as '-' character input is read from stdin.
.TP
+\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-max\-size\fR=\fInumber\fR
+Read form
+.I FILE
+only
+.I number
+of bytes. This option is meant to be used when reading additional
+randomness from a device.
+.IP
+The
+.I number
+argument may be followed by the multiplicative suffixes KiB=1024,
+MiB=1024*1024, and so on for GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB and YiB (the "iB" is
+optional, e.g., "K" has the same meaning as "KiB") or the suffixes
+KB=1000, MB=1000*1000, and so on for GB, TB, PB, EB, ZB and YB.
+.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
Inform where randomness originated, with amount of entropy read from each
source.