[wplug] Set / Get serial number

[Max Putas]

OCSng can detect duplicates using the MAC address. This would be a lot
easier than burning in a unique ID for each one.

On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Eric Cooper <ecc at cmu.edu> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 03:15:53PM -0400, Michael Semcheski wrote:
>> Anybody know of a way to set a field (such as serial number) in
>> non-volatile memory on a linux machine?
>> [...]
>> Only problem is with these 10 systems from the same manufacturer -
>> erase the OS, and they show up as new computers.  Any thoughts?
>
> Can you make your inventory system use Ethernet MAC addresses instead
> of motherboard serial numbers (for these machines at least)?
>
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Thanks,

Max Putas