Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 15:55:03 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: mjacob@feral.com Cc: "Justin C. Walker" <justin@apple.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: System unique identifier..... Message-ID: <3773FAB7.F44A79C1@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906241549410.22858-100000@semuta.feral.com>
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Matthew Jacob wrote:
>
> I want it to persist until it's changed. Change doesn't mean a reboot.
>
> The Linux folks (mostly Ted) helped me clarify some thinking about this so
> that the basic original source of the seeded WWN doesn't have to come from
> first principles in hardware that can be read prior to mounting root. But
> where the linux folks aren't really hipped on is a good architecturally
> clean place to store the seed. It'd be nice if we thought of this for
> FreeBSD.
Are there enough bytes available in the BIOS NVRAM? That would do
nicely as a place to store it.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com
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