[Asterisk-code-review] core: Entity ID is not set or invalid (asterisk[13])

[Matt Jordan]

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Change subject: core: Entity ID is not set or invalid
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Patch Set 2:

> Would it make sense if no id was specified in the config file, and
 > it could not be obtained from the ethernet device to have Asterisk
 > attempt to randomly create one instead of leaving it empty? Maybe
 > somehow convert the pbx uuid to a mac address format?

The problem is that the EID is *far* smaller than a normally generated UUID. It relies on the hardware being present, or else a user manually entering the value. I think it'd be extremely difficult to generate anything that could be considered unique ourselves.

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