Subject: Re: 64 bit hostid
To: Al B. Snell <alaric@alaric-snell.com>
From: Ignatios Souvatzis <ignatios@cs.uni-bonn.de>
List: tech-kern
Date: 01/03/2001 12:49:17
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On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 11:04:26AM +0000, Al B. Snell wrote:
>=20
> I'd like to perhaps split it into two sysctls - leave hostid as 32 bits,
> but have it just referring to the lower 32 bits of kern.eui64; if you're
> using EUI64s from hostnames or MAC addresses then you can either have the
> lower 32 bits of it as your host ID, and if you leave the eui64 as set by
> the PROM, then it'll also be usable as a LOCAL EUI64.

sounds good.

Regards,
	Ignatios

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