On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 7:43 AM, n_n O_O<[email protected]> wrote: > I don't believe you actually need kernel level permisions to get a > CPUID. So i'll instead take this to mean, i will have to write my own > native library to call to get this information for each platform mono > supports. wundervoll!
You don't need "kernel level permissions" (whatever the hell that means... I assume you mean root) but your kernel *does* have to be compiled with support for the CPUID call. Mine (stock Debian) does not appear to be, which means that Debian-derived distros like Ubuntu probably won't either. And that's likely going to be at least half of your customer base. You'd be better off using the MAC address of the physical ethernet and wlan cards, IMO. Though if you do find a way to obtain a unique CPU ID on Linux, I'd be interested to know how. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crazycomputers _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
