Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:49:43 -0800 From: Daniel Rudy <dr2867@pacbell.net> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: jon.passki@hursk.com, rizzo@icir.org, fbsd@metro.cx, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: unique hardware identification Message-ID: <45C2D0F7.3000007@pacbell.net> In-Reply-To: <20070201.124057.709402517.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <20070128181132.GR927@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <20070201.113851.689651534.imp@bsdimp.com> <20070201104917.C82313@xorpc.icir.org> <20070201.124057.709402517.imp@bsdimp.com>
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At about the time of 2/1/2007 11:40 AM, M. Warner Losh stated the following: > In message: <20070201104917.C82313@xorpc.icir.org> > Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org> writes: > : On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 11:38:51AM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote: > : > In message: <20070128181132.GR927@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> > : > Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> writes: > : > : On Sun, 2007-Jan-28 10:39:36 -0600, Jon Passki wrote: > : > : >If the machine is a PXE-compliant device [2], it should have a GUID/ > : > : >UUID [1] available. This can be exposed by sysutil/hal [3] via the > : > : >smbios.system.uuid field. > : > : > : > : You can also get it via kenv(8) without needing any ports: > : > : # kenv smbios.system.uuid > : > : 9F345F4F-BEFC-D431-1340-61235A56DEF9 > : > > : > I wonder why the smbios stuff isn't exported via sysctls as well... > : > : and this is probably a lazy vendor :) > : > : smbios.bios.reldate="07/12/2006" > : smbios.bios.vendor="American Megatrends Inc." > : smbios.bios.version="P1.10" > : smbios.chassis.maker="To Be Filled By O.E.M." > : smbios.chassis.serial="To Be Filled By O.E.M." > : smbios.chassis.tag="To Be Filled By O.E.M." > : smbios.chassis.version="To Be Filled By O.E.M." > : smbios.planar.maker=" " > : smbios.planar.product="775i945GZ" > : smbios.planar.serial=" " > : smbios.planar.version=" " > : smbios.socket.enabled="1" > : smbios.socket.populated="1" > : smbios.system.maker="To Be Filled By O.E.M." > : smbios.system.product="775i945GZ" > : smbios.system.serial="To Be Filled By O.E.M." > : smbios.system.uuid="00020003-0004-0005-0006-000700080009" > : smbios.system.version="To Be Filled By O.E.M." > > Heh! > > My comment though is why do we have to go to kenv when we could > export these via sysctl, like everything else. > > Warner > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > You know that's a good idea, but there is a problem with that.... None of this stuff appears on my system and I'm running 6.1. I can't even find dmidump anywhere on the system or in ports either. -- Daniel Rudy
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