>> On embedded systems without an RTC, you _could_ get the same UUID in
>> rare cases. But I think this would be a bug, because on Linux, any
>> kind of jitter-source (interrupt timing, for instance) would perturb
>> the generated UUID.
> Hopefully! Even though this jitter might not be high entr
RVP wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Oct 2023, Simon Burge wrote:
>
> > RVP wrote:
> >
> >> I think what David's looking for is something akin to Linux's
> >>
> >> /proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id
> >>
> >> something which only changes on every boot but is otherwise stable.
> >
> > I'm curious how well this boo
On Wed, 11 Oct 2023, Simon Burge wrote:
RVP wrote:
I think what David's looking for is something akin to Linux's
/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id
something which only changes on every boot but is otherwise stable.
I'm curious how well this boot_id works on Linux for things like a
embedded s
