Messages in this thread | | | From | Daniel Phillips <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/7] dlm: overview | Date | Fri, 29 Apr 2005 16:49:52 -0400 |
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On Friday 29 April 2005 13:13, David Lang wrote: > 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.
OK, that sound plausible. However, just to be 100% clear, do you agree that a) simple integer node numbers are better (because simpler) in cman proper and b) uuids can be layered on top of a simple integer scheme, using a pair of mappings?
Regards,
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