Matthew Jacob wrote:
>
> I want it to persist until it's changed. Change doesn't mean a reboot.
>
> The Linux folks (mostly Ted) helped me clarify some thinking about this so
> that the basic original source of the seeded WWN doesn't have to come from
> first principles in hardware that can be read prior to mounting root. But
> where the linux folks aren't really hipped on is a good architecturally
> clean place to store the seed. It'd be nice if we thought of this for
> FreeBSD.
Are there enough bytes available in the BIOS NVRAM? That would do
nicely as a place to store it.
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