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

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2025 10:51:45 -0700

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?