Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262850AbVD2RPJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Apr 2005 13:15:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262846AbVD2RPJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Apr 2005 13:15:09 -0400 Received: from warden2-p.diginsite.com ([209.195.52.120]:19438 "HELO warden2.diginsite.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262850AbVD2RPA (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Apr 2005 13:15:00 -0400 Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 10:13:35 -0700 (PDT) From: David Lang X-X-Sender: dlang@dlang.diginsite.com To: Daniel Phillips cc: Lars Marowsky-Bree , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] dlm: overview In-Reply-To: <200504282152.31137.phillips@istop.com> Message-ID: References: <20050425151136.GA6826@redhat.com> <20050428145715.GA21645@marowsky-bree.de> <200504282152.31137.phillips@istop.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1492 Lines: 34 On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, Daniel Phillips wrote: > On Thursday 28 April 2005 20:33, David Lang wrote: >> how is this UUID that doesn't need to be touched by an admin, and will >> always work in all possible networks (including insane things like backup >> servers configured with the same name and IP address as the primary with >> NAT between them to allow them to communicate) generated? >> >> there are a lot of software packages out there that could make use of >> this. > > Please do not argue that the 32 bit node ID ints should be changed to uuids, > please find another way to accommodate your uuids. you misunderstand my question. the claim was that UUID's are unique and don't have to be assigned by the admins. I'm saying that in my experiance there isn't any standard or reliable way to generate such a UUID and I'm asking for the people makeing the claim to educate me on what I'm missing becouse a reliable UUID for linux on all hardware would be extremely useful for many things. David Lang -- There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. -- C.A.R. Hoare - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/