On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, Jason Thorpe wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 15:02:25 -0700 (PDT) > Matthew Jacob <mja...@feral.com> wrote: > > > I was talking about this on linux-kernel, but it also applies to *BSD... > > > > What're folks' motions of a settable system unique identifier, available > > prior to mountroot? This identifier has to be 64 bits or better and must > > be persistent across reboots. > > ...to be used for...? > Specifically in this case a Node WWN for fibre channel fabrics that does not depend upon an assigned WWN in any particular Fibre Channel card (multipathing might make it desirable to have a synthetic Node WWN that can also be passed to partner systems in a failover configuration). More generally a system unique identifier available early (pre mountroot) could be useful for a number of things. Why're you asking? -matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
