On 11/20/2009 05:12 AM, Michael Buesch wrote: > This patch adds a generic mechanism for overriding the SPROM mechanism > on devices without SPROM hardware. > > There currently is a major problem with this: > It tries to deduce a MAC address from various hardware parameters. But > currently it will result in the same MAC address for machines of the same > type. Does somebody have an idea of some device-instance specific serial > number or something similar that could be hashed into the MAC? You might look at the "root=" part of /proc/cmdline. Mine says "root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-TOSHIBA_MK2546GSX_18C2P0KCT-part1". That disk serial number would certainly be unique. Even if it just said "root=/dev/sda1", it would be repeatable. Larry -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
