Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 16:18:04 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: mjacob@feral.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: System unique identifier..... Message-ID: <3774001C.F264CDB0@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906251457280.38018-100000@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.
>
> Whose BIOS NVRAM?
The host system BIOS NVRAM. I thought we were looking for a per-host
ID here, right?
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