netdev - Re: [RFC net-next 0/5] devlink: Add unique identifier to devlink port function

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Message-ID: <z2ihsuor3mq4fkohk5snh6dkmcm7wvwdlj2camvdfpbjfa4she@bpvcb2er23pi>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2025 18:30:04 +0200
From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: Moshe Shemesh <moshe@...dia.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, 
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>, 
	Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@...il.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, 
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>, 
	Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>, Mark Bloch <mbloch@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC net-next 0/5] devlink: Add unique identifier to devlink
 port function

Fri, Apr 25, 2025 at 07:51:45PM +0200, kuba@...nel.org wrote:
>On Fri, 25 Apr 2025 13:26:01 +0200 Jiri Pirko wrote:
>>> Makes sense, tho, could you please use UUID?
>>> Let's use industry standards when possible, not "arbitrary strings".  
>> 
>> Well, you could make the same request for serial number of asic and board.
>> Could be uuids too, but they aren't. I mean, it makes sense to have all
>> uids as uuid, but since the fw already exposes couple of uids as
>> arbitrary strings, why this one should be treated differently all of the
>> sudden?
>
>Are you asking me what the difference is here, or you're just telling
>me that I'm wrong and inconsistent?

Both I guess? I'm just trying to understand the rationale behind the
request, that's all.