RE: [PATCH 0/4] Introduce variable length mdev alias

2019-08-27 Thread Parav Pandit
nel.org > Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Introduce variable length mdev alias > > On Tue, 27 Aug 2019 13:11:17 + > Parav Pandit wrote: > > > Hi Alex, Cornelia, > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: kvm-ow...@vger.kernel.org On > > > B

Re: [PATCH 0/4] Introduce variable length mdev alias

2019-08-27 Thread Alex Williamson
iri Pirko ; > > kwankh...@nvidia.com; coh...@redhat.com; da...@davemloft.net > > Cc: k...@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; > > net...@vger.kernel.org; Parav Pandit > > Subject: [PATCH 0/4] Introduce variable length mdev alias > > > > To have consist

Re: [PATCH 0/4] Introduce variable length mdev alias

2019-08-27 Thread Cornelia Huck
iri Pirko ; > > kwankh...@nvidia.com; coh...@redhat.com; da...@davemloft.net > > Cc: k...@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; > > net...@vger.kernel.org; Parav Pandit > > Subject: [PATCH 0/4] Introduce variable length mdev alias > > > > To have consist

RE: [PATCH 0/4] Introduce variable length mdev alias

2019-08-27 Thread Parav Pandit
ger.kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; > net...@vger.kernel.org; Parav Pandit > Subject: [PATCH 0/4] Introduce variable length mdev alias > > To have consistent naming for the netdevice of a mdev and to have consistent > naming of the devlink port [1] of a mdev, which is

[PATCH 0/4] Introduce variable length mdev alias

2019-08-26 Thread Parav Pandit
To have consistent naming for the netdevice of a mdev and to have consistent naming of the devlink port [1] of a mdev, which is formed using phys_port_name of the devlink port, current UUID is not usable because UUID is too long. UUID in string format is 36-characters long and in binary 128-bit. B