hostid derived from...

[kern]

hi,

how does linux provide the hostid string?

on a sun box this is a guaranteed unique identifier, since AFAIK
intel architecture does not have this unique identifier can 
two linux boxes end up with same hostid by chance?

thanks in advance
mark

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