On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 15:02:25 -0700 (PDT) 
 Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> wrote:

 > I was talking about this on linux-kernel, but it also applies to *BSD...
 > 
 > What're folks' motions of a settable system unique identifier, available
 > prior to mountroot? This identifier has to be 64 bits or better and must
 > be persistent across reboots.

...to be used for...?

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>