Find Serial Number of Machine

zael · 10-26-2003, 06:01 PM

Does anyone know how you can find the serial number of a machine threw linux i know this is possiable in Windows using DMI or WMI. But is it possiable in Linux?

infamous41md · 10-26-2003, 06:13 PM

you mean of the cpu? like this:

Code:

unsigned int get_cpu()
{
        asm("movl $0x3, %eax");\
        asm("cpuid");
        return;
}

int main()
{
        unsigned int    cpuid = 0;

        printf("CPU id is %u\n", (cpuid = get_cpu()));

        return 0;
}

more info here http://grafi.ii.pw.edu.pl/gbm/x86/cpuid.html

zael · 10-27-2003, 06:55 AM

What language is this for C?

Hko · 10-27-2003, 11:54 AM

Yes, with a little in-line assembly.
Compile with gcc.

infamous41md · 10-27-2003, 12:39 PM

yea im just not sure of the functions that wrap that asm instruction, so i just use the asm call directly

plus this way is platform independent.