Sun Hostid (free version)

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Date: 04/07/05

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    Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 11:52:08 +0200 (CEST)
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    After checking John Birtley's README for hostid.tar.gz, I noticed that it
    required a license (you must "contact sales@buildmonkey.com for a valid
    licence."). I decided not to execute it but rather to post my own program with
    the same functionnality:

    get : http://step.polymtl.ca/~coyote/vmhid.tgz
    MD5: 49cfd458603ff6688da106ccd93a1b31 vmhid.tgz

    It does the same thing as John's stuff but comes with full source code and
    without the need for a license. It is based on Mark C. Henderson's C source of
    'hid2'. Use at your own risk, of course. I wrote that a few years ago but I
    never found any use..

    Oh, and btw, this software (and John's) won't do you any good for VxVM,
    changing the hostid and/or platform name isn't enough for VxVM, which uses
    kernel modules that tap directly into /dev/openprom using ioctl's..

    As usual, don't use this to pirate software or do anything illegal.. I shall
    not be held responsible for anything you do with that software (which is
    provided without warranty).

    Usage example:
    # uname -a
    SunOS zapme 5.8 Generic_117350-12 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10
    # ./vmhid_64
    --====*** ./vmhid_64 v1.7.4.2 Diff by Coyote Corp. ***====--
    current hostid is 0x80a21ec8
    current platform is SUNW,Ultra-5_10
    Usage: ./vmhid_64 -h <hostid> -p <platform>
    Example: ./vmhid_64 -h 80808080 -p SUNW,Sun-Fire-15000
    # ./vmhid_64 -p SUNW,Sun-Fire-15000
    --====*** ./vmhid_64 v1.7.4.2 Diff by Coyote Corp. ***====--
    current hostid is 0x80a21ec8
    current platform is SUNW,Ultra-5_10
    * Requested platform = SUNW,Sun-Fire-15000
    * setting platform type to SUNW,Sun-Fire-15000
    # uname -a
    SunOS zapme 5.8 Generic_117350-12 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-15000

    I hope this helps (No need to pay for software that's available for free
    somewhere else). :)

    Patches welcomed! :)

    -- 
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