Re: [patch] PIII/Katmai & FXSAVE support, disable serial-#, 2.2.2

Nicholas J. Leon (nicholas@binary9.net)
Wed, 3 Mar 1999 13:15:39 -0500 (EST)


# Uhm ... big deal. Don't all SPARC and UltraSPARC CPU's have serial numbers
# that can be read? I mean I get this from a sysinfo command on a Solaris
# box:

Not only that, but I've heard from the naysayers that the concept of
having ANY unique ID in your computer is bad. The first thing I thought of
was MAC addresses. All those cable modem/ADSL users already have a method
of identifying themselves given the right software (no, not arp).

Also, don't BIOSs carry ID stamps, too?

G'day!
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