>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.

	i don't quite understand what you are prposing - what is kern.eui64
	when you have multiple ethernet cards?

itojun