Re: kern/58548: kernel should incorporate DMI info into entropy pool

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

The following reply was made to PR kern/58548; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: kern/58548: kernel should incorporate DMI info into entropy pool
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2024 13:06:48 -0000 (UTC)

 martin%duskware.de@localhost (Martin Husemann) writes:
 
 > While there please also make that uuid easily available via sysctl
 > for userland usage.
 
 It's already there:
 
 machdep.dmi.system-uuid
 
 Like other serial numbers, it can only be read by root.