Subject: Re: [net-next 14/15] net/mlx5: Light probe local SFs

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2023 08:24:29 -0700

On Tue, 27 Jun 2023 12:12:10 +0200 Jiri Pirko wrote:
> $ sudo devlink port add pci/0000:08:00.0 flavour pcisf pfnum 0 sfnum 103
> pci/0000:08:00.0/32770: type eth netdev eth10 flavour pcisf controller 0 pfnum 0 sfnum 103 splittable false
>   function:
>     hw_addr 00:00:00:00:00:00 state inactive opstate detached
> 
> $ sudo devlink port function set pci/0000:08:00.0/32770 hw_addr AA:22:33:44:55:66 uuid SOMETHINGREALLYUNIQUE

Why does the user have to set the uuid? I was expecting it'd pop up 
on the port automatically, generated by the kernel, as a read-only
attribute.