From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: ltuikov@yahoo.com
Cc: Michael Reed <mdr@sgi.com>,
James.Smart@Emulex.Com, linux-scsi <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: generating a Linux WWN?
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 01:45:11 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <47032C67.8080109@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <50432.44268.qm@web31802.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Luben Tuikov wrote:
> --- Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> wrote:
>> The admin will have the option to auto-generate a WWN, should they so
>> desire.
> What does that mean? "auto-generate"? By whom?
The admin tells the kernel module to auto-generate a WWN, and the kernel
module happily obliges.
The generation algorithm is whatever makes people happy. I would
probably pick a fixed prefix like 0x6C 0x69 0x63 ("lin"), something that
doesn't conflict with IEEE org ids for a long time to come. Then,
get_random_bytes() or hash some useful machine characteristics for the
rest of the bytes.
> What if they don't "auto-generate" (whatever that means)?
Well, you either have a WWN or you don't :)
Jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-10-03 5:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 58+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-09-27 10:04 generating a Linux WWN? Jeff Garzik
2007-09-27 13:55 ` Michael Reed
2007-09-27 14:04 ` James Smart
2007-09-27 14:16 ` Patrick_Boyd
2007-09-27 14:46 ` Matthew Wilcox
2007-09-27 15:07 ` Michael Reed
2007-09-27 15:12 ` Michael Reed
2007-09-27 23:40 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-09-27 22:48 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-01 10:56 ` Andi Kleen
2007-09-27 14:19 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-09-27 14:29 ` Michael Reed
2007-09-27 15:30 ` Douglas Gilbert
2007-09-27 22:32 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-09-27 23:12 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-02 23:47 ` Luben Tuikov
2007-10-03 0:35 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-03 3:45 ` Luben Tuikov
2007-10-03 4:15 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-03 5:12 ` Luben Tuikov
2007-10-03 5:25 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-03 5:31 ` Luben Tuikov
2007-10-03 5:45 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2007-10-03 14:59 ` Douglas Gilbert
2007-10-03 16:16 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-03 18:02 ` Matthew Jacob
2007-10-03 18:09 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-03 19:44 ` Luben Tuikov
2007-10-03 20:25 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-03 22:08 ` Luben Tuikov
2007-10-03 22:17 ` David Miller
2007-10-04 0:11 ` Luben Tuikov
2007-10-04 3:23 ` Matthew Jacob
2007-10-04 3:27 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-04 3:33 ` Matthew Wilcox
2007-10-05 22:09 ` James Bottomley
2007-10-05 22:11 ` David Miller
2007-10-05 22:14 ` James Bottomley
2007-10-05 22:17 ` David Miller
2007-10-05 22:41 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-05 22:49 ` David Miller
2007-10-05 22:52 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-06 14:11 ` James Bottomley
2007-10-06 14:36 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-06 15:04 ` James Bottomley
2007-10-06 15:23 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-06 15:33 ` James Bottomley
2007-10-06 15:42 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-08 18:42 ` Luben Tuikov
2007-10-07 2:48 ` David Miller
2007-10-08 15:41 ` Michael Reed
2007-10-08 18:34 ` Luben Tuikov
2007-10-07 2:46 ` David Miller
2007-10-08 18:18 ` Luben Tuikov
2007-10-03 5:38 ` Luben Tuikov
2007-10-03 5:47 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-03 15:33 ` Michael Reed
2007-10-03 16:02 ` Jeff Garzik
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