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            Luigi Rizzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 11:38:51AM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote:
: > In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
: >             Peter Jeremy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: > : On Sun, 2007-Jan-28 10:39:36 -0600, Jon Passki wrote:
: > : >If the machine is a PXE-compliant device [2], it should have a GUID/ 
: > : >UUID [1] available.  This can be exposed by sysutil/hal [3] via the  
: > : >smbios.system.uuid field.
: > : 
: > : You can also get it via kenv(8) without needing any ports:
: > : # kenv smbios.system.uuid
: > : 9F345F4F-BEFC-D431-1340-61235A56DEF9
: > 
: > I wonder why the smbios stuff isn't exported via sysctls as well...
: 
: and this is probably a lazy vendor :)
: 
:       smbios.bios.reldate="07/12/2006"
:       smbios.bios.vendor="American Megatrends Inc."
:       smbios.bios.version="P1.10"
:       smbios.chassis.maker="To Be Filled By O.E.M."
:       smbios.chassis.serial="To Be Filled By O.E.M."
:       smbios.chassis.tag="To Be Filled By O.E.M."
:       smbios.chassis.version="To Be Filled By O.E.M."
:       smbios.planar.maker="                      "
:       smbios.planar.product="775i945GZ"
:       smbios.planar.serial="                      "
:       smbios.planar.version="                      "
:       smbios.socket.enabled="1"
:       smbios.socket.populated="1"
:       smbios.system.maker="To Be Filled By O.E.M."
:       smbios.system.product="775i945GZ"
:       smbios.system.serial="To Be Filled By O.E.M."
:       smbios.system.uuid="00020003-0004-0005-0006-000700080009"
:       smbios.system.version="To Be Filled By O.E.M."

Heh!

My comment though is why do we have to go to kenv when we could
export these via sysctl, like everything else.

Warner
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