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

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2025 11:19:09 -0700

On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 15:11:04 +0300 Moshe Shemesh wrote:
> > Makes sense, tho, could you please use UUID?
> > Let's use industry standards when possible, not "arbitrary strings".  
> 
> UUID is limited, like it has to be 128 bits, while here it is variable 
> length up to the vendor.
> We would like to keep it flexible per vendor. If vendor wants to use 
> UUID here, it will work too.

Could you please provide at least one clear user scenario for 
the discussion? Matching up the ports to function is presumably
a means to an end for the user.