[openssl/openssl] 525871: Clarify DRBG seeding.

[Pauli]

  Branch: refs/heads/openssl-3.0
  Home:   https://github.com/openssl/openssl
  Commit: 5258715faf9c5f2ecd18a278d70c2b812592c5ae
      https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/5258715faf9c5f2ecd18a278d70c2b812592c5ae
  Author: Pauli <ppzgs1 at gmail.com>
  Date:   2024-06-29 (Sat, 29 Jun 2024)

  Changed paths:
    M providers/implementations/rands/drbg.c

  Log Message:
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  Clarify DRBG seeding.

There is a legacy code path that OpenSSL won't use anymore but applications
could.  Add a comment indicating this to avoid confusion for people not
intimately conversant with the nuances in the RNG code.

Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas at openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt at openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Neil Horman <nhorman at openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/24745)

(cherry picked from commit 1eb122aa0ca152dc564e61674caf3f11acd85b57)



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