> Linux then emulated this nifty tool, but did so sloppily.=20 > Well ... for older PCs what we have is better than nothing, IMHO.=20 > But again, should be retooled so that where the processor=20 > supports a serial number, that is what gets reported.=20 > (No comments about the privacy concerns. That is an application issue. =
Actually its a relevant issue for a lot of PC users - lots of daft binary only apps use hostid blindly. The fact its configurable on the PC makes life much easier for many things. For S/390 you simply need to set the hostid in the file at boot appropriately by default. (/etc/hostid) Alan
