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DESCRIPTION

The host_id utility reports the serial number of the host system processor board. The meaning of "serial number" is implemented differently on each platform:

• Raspberry Pi: /proc/cpuinfo

• BeagleBone: hexdump -e '8/1 "%c"' /sys/bus/i2c/devices/0-0050/eeprom -s 16 -n 12

The host_id utility should be made available to the scs_dev/control_receiver in order that the host serial number can be verified by a remote management system.

SYNOPSIS

host_id.py

EXAMPLES

./host_id.py

DOCUMENT EXAMPLE

"0000000040d4d158"

BUGS

On Raspberry Pi, the host ID appears to be derived from the MAC address of the active interface, and is therefore unreliable on multi-homed hosts.