From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 8 15:14:26 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5BC116A400; Sun, 8 Apr 2007 15:14:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pjd@garage.freebsd.pl) Received: from mail.garage.freebsd.pl (arm132.internetdsl.tpnet.pl [83.17.198.132]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76A2613C459; Sun, 8 Apr 2007 15:14:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pjd@garage.freebsd.pl) Received: by mail.garage.freebsd.pl (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 1AA49487F2; Sun, 8 Apr 2007 17:14:25 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (cvl74.internetdsl.tpnet.pl [83.19.93.74]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.garage.freebsd.pl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C30C345CD9; Sun, 8 Apr 2007 17:14:15 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 17:13:58 +0200 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek To: gnn@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070408151358.GX63916@garage.freebsd.pl> References: <20070407120656.GD63916@garage.freebsd.pl> <4617CB2D.8000508@gmail.com> <20070407175439.GL63916@garage.freebsd.pl> <20070407.145301.-345495730.imp@bsdimp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="x0Bbm7aQwrWvLJ2v" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key-URL: http://people.freebsd.org/~pjd/pjd.asc X-OS: FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT i386 User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r804 (FreeBSD) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.4 (2005-06-05) on mail.garage.freebsd.pl X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_NJABL_DUL autolearn=no version=3.0.4 Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Host ID. X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2007 15:14:27 -0000 --x0Bbm7aQwrWvLJ2v Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Apr 08, 2007 at 10:04:16PM +0900, gnn@freebsd.org wrote: > I noted that someone mentioned using a network based ID. Since EUI-64 > are unique I would suspect they would be the best source for this on > systems that don't naturally have a hostid concept. See Appendix A of > RFC 2373 for how to create an EUI-64 Interface Identifier. >=20 > The only problem with this approach that I see is that if you remove > that interface (that is it was on a card not on your motherboard) then > it goes away. Perhaps generating this and storing it, no matter what > the future network configuration of the system is, is the right way to > go. So why not generate it and be done with it? And what if you move your card to another box were you're planning to install new system? I'd really like to make it simple and consistent on all archs, so one knows exactly what to expect. --=20 Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheel.pl pjd@FreeBSD.org http://www.FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! --x0Bbm7aQwrWvLJ2v Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGGQa2ForvXbEpPzQRAhPlAKCKfGvVv8egdrD8jyaTCldoQl2rdACg74Ln vp0Fyd8OWeI3F9jdf45EmLM= =DxKn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --x0Bbm7aQwrWvLJ2v--