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RobotController.getSerialNumber() returns empty string

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java

Research direction

Start by locating the RobotController.getSerialNumber() entry point and inspect how it currently obtains the serial number. Check the device-tree path mentioned in the issue and verify that the method returns that value rather than an empty string.

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Description

Not Implemented Yet WPILib

/sys/firmware/devicetree/base/serial-number would probably be a good value to use here.

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