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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Linux emulation, gethostid()
To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith)
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> > > Do we want an ioctl to get the hardware address?  If not, any
> > > suggestions on a _tidy_ way to get it?
> > 
> > Check the list archives.  The Mathematica "correct method" included
> > patches to implement the interface without the kernel grubbing.  I
> > am suprised that the patches were not integrated.
> 
> You mean this one?  I'm not surprised :

[ ... grungy patch deleted ... ]

> No other messages on the subject appear to contain any code at all, but
> I'll pester Andrew Gallatin and see if he finished the issue.

Crap.  I didn't save the patch reference.

It was a url for the patch, not the patch itself; sorry, I don't have
more information, not having saved it.  8-(.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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