The serial and model number of the hard disk controller chip can also work
for unique ID if you need it. It's guaranteed to be unique under SATA/ATA
spec (or it doesn't comply with the standard).
I don't know how to view that under Linux though; I've only done that for
Windows via a windows driver.
Jay
> You need use ioctl HDIO_GET_IDENIFY to get the serial no. like:
>
> int fd = open ("/dev/sda, ....);
> ioctl (fd, HDIO_GET_IDENTIFY...)
>
> Anyway, check hdparm's source code for more detailed instructions.
>
> Cheers.
> Long
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
>> Bu,
>>Long
>>Sent: 2009å¹´11æ20æ¥ 15:32
>>To: Min, Hongbo; [email protected]
>>Subject: Re: [Moblin Dev] Is there any unique ID for each Moblin system?
>>
>>Sorry, I meant harddrive serial no.
>>For example, in Linux, hdparm -I /dev/sda wil display the serial no.
>>Check the source code of hdparm for details. :-)
>>
>>Cheers.
>>Long
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Min, Hongbo
>>>Sent: 2009å¹´11æ20æ¥ 15:28
>>>To: Bu, Long; [email protected]
>>>Subject: RE: Is there any unique ID for each Moblin system?
>>>
>>>How to view the hardware serial number?
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Bu, Long
>>>Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 3:18 PM
>>>To: Min, Hongbo; [email protected]
>>>Subject: RE: Is there any unique ID for each Moblin system?
>>>
>>>I don't think there will be a unique ID in terms of moblin software.
>>>You can use MAC address or hardware serial number for unique ID
>>> purpose.
>>>
>>>Cheers.
>>>Long
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
>>>> Of
>>>Min,
>>>>Hongbo
>>>>Sent: 2009å¹´11æ20æ¥ 15:01
>>>>To: [email protected]
>>>>Subject: [Moblin Dev] Is there any unique ID for each Moblin system?
>>>>
>>>>Is there a unique ID for every Moblin system? Suppose user install
>>>> Moblin into
>>>>a NetBook and it should have a unique ID corresponding to the NetBook
>>>> device
>>>>at runtime. Is it right and how to retrieve it?
>>>>Thanks in advance.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Best Regards
>>>>Hongbo
>>>>
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