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In article 6778@eua.ericsson.se, euapbn@eua.ericsson.se (Per.Borjeson) writes:
>In article 20462@porthos.cc.bellcore.com, bmaggio@wort.dcs.bellcore.com (Bill Maggio) writes:
>> does anyone know how to translate the host id info 
>> into the the Sun system hardware type (eg 670,490,etc)?
>
>Hello Bill!
>
>Here is a small script that will test this:
>
[Script deleted]

Note that as of the SPARCstation LX, Classic and SPARCcenter 2000, you can no
longer depend on the high-order byte of the host ID to determine the machine
type.

This information is provided in the Open Boot PROM's device tree (on all Open
Boot systems, not just the new ones).  The "name" property in the root node
provides the textual name of the machine, e.g., 'SUNW,SPARCcenter-2000'.  From
the shell, you can find this with prtconf -pv (devinfo -pv on 4.x).  Programs
can read /dev/openprom (although they must be sgid sys).

If you use the "name" property to identify the system, you don't have to
modify your script every time we release a new system, and you don't have
to worry about getting the translation wrong in your script.  For example,
the SPARCstation IPX machine type is 57, not 56.  56 is the ELC.

	Regards,

	Glenn
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Glenn Weinberg    Sun Microsystems Computer Corp.    glenn.weinberg@Eng.Sun.COM
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