#6130 NORM Never A: Open Firmware should print the UUID along with the serial number

[Zarro Boogs per Child]

#6130: Open Firmware should print the UUID along with the serial number
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 Reporter:  gnu                  |       Owner:  wmb at firmworks.com      
     Type:  defect               |      Status:  new                    
 Priority:  normal               |   Milestone:  Never Assigned         
Component:  ofw - open firmware  |     Version:  OFW development version
 Keywords:                       |    Verified:  0                      
 Blocking:                       |   Blockedby:                         
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 The UUID is needed to generate a devloper key.  Currently, if the machine
 is not bootable, a special signed Forth script has to be obtained and run
 from USB to collect the UUID.  If OFW would print
 it in its startup banner, this trouble would be avoided.

 Secure machines can be teased into printing their banner by holding the
 "Check" key.  Now if only the banner included all the info needed to get
 the key to unlock the machine!

 I don't know of any reason to "keep the UUID secret from the user"; it's a
 randomly generated number that's unique to each laptop.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/6130>
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