From d6cf67b6bc176aefc38b637e72bf031a89198903 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Thomas=20G=C3=B6ttgens?= <tgoettgens@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:19:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify behavior when no radio instance is present

Add comment explaining silent behavior when no radio instance is available.
---
 src/mesh/HardwareRNG.cpp | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/mesh/HardwareRNG.cpp b/src/mesh/HardwareRNG.cpp
index b455128ac..f5a805487 100644
--- a/src/mesh/HardwareRNG.cpp
+++ b/src/mesh/HardwareRNG.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ bool mixWithLoRaEntropy(uint8_t *buffer, size_t length)
     // and return false so callers know no extra mixing occurred.
     RadioLibInterface *radio = RadioLibInterface::instance;
     if (!radio) {
-        LOG_ERROR("No radio instance available to provide entropy");
+        // Intentionally silent: this path runs during portduinoSetup() before the
+        // console/SerialConsole is initialized, so LOG_* here would dereference a null pointer.
         return false;
     }