Casper.Dik at Sun.COM writes: > > >Are you intending that the sparc implementation of hostid be > >unchanged? Why not use the same mechanism on all platforms? > > I don't believe so.
There's already a good hostid mechanism on SPARC. The problem is that there's no equivalent mechanism on x86. > >Why not simply use the hex form of the primary IP address? It's simple, > >unique, and used elsewhere. And it will be unique on a given network and > >stable if hardware is replaced. > > Perhaps because it may be non-existant or set (very) late in boot. > It is also changable (for DHCP clients) It's also not unique -- due to the RFC 1918 addresses used on many networks. Worse still, there's no requirement that a system even have a primary interface. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
