>Are you intending that the sparc implementation of hostid be
>unchanged? Why not use the same mechanism on all platforms?

I don't believe so.

>Why not simply use the hex form of the primary IP address? It's simple,
>unique, and used elsewhere. And it will be unique on a given network and
>stable if hardware is replaced.

Perhaps because it may be non-existant or set (very) late in boot.
It is also changable (for DHCP clients)

Casper

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