netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/3] ptp: Add clock name to uevent

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Message-ID: <Zw81Nlx9OF-PveY0@hoboy.vegasvil.org>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 20:38:30 -0700
From: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc: Sven Schnelle <svens@...ux.ibm.com>, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
	Yangbo Lu <yangbo.lu@....com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] ptp: Add clock name to uevent

On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 02:43:28PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>  * @name:      A short "friendly name" to identify the clock and to
>  *             help distinguish PHY based devices from MAC based ones.
>  *             The string is not meant to be a unique id.
> 
> If the name is not unique, you probably should not be using it for
> udev naming.

+1

Maybe the name is unique for s390, but it will not be in general.

Thanks,
Richard