From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>
To: Justin Tee <justintee8345@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, jsmart2021@gmail.com,
justin.tee@broadcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/11] lpfc: Add capability to register Platform Name ID to fabric
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 06:29:37 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3d435d9d-cfdb-4221-839b-ca6bd671ebc5@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABPRKS-uBAzvCN6nRLy0bteG7AKAbeMUPfOsc85_ww7=OjrWpA@mail.gmail.com>
On 29/10/2025 19:14, Justin Tee wrote:
>> That's not really answer to my question. I asked where is ABI documented
>> and you answer how driver behaves. Not related.
>
> So, referencing lshw, the device tree ibm,partition-uuid property is
> used when reporting UUID on IBM Power systems
> https://github.com/lyonel/lshw/commit/9c5c2f0706db330114ff4624e0931ac40c1d6fe2
lshw is a program, not an ABI documentation. ePAPR is documentation,
bindings are.
>
> Additionally, referencing how libnvme generates UUIDs, the same
> property seems to have been chosen by IBM as the basis for NQN
> generation as well
> https://github.com/linux-nvme/libnvme/commit/62bac64627b7ee99c49f30a399240acf04c95d92
So you never defined an interface but you use it? Sound like that. And
what stops us from changing this property here to anything else? Like I
wanted different name? Do you understand what ABI is?
Best regards,
Krzysztof
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-10-30 5:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-27 23:54 [PATCH 00/11] Update lpfc to revision 14.4.0.12 Justin Tee
2025-10-27 23:54 ` [PATCH 01/11] lpfc: Update various NPIV diagnostic log messaging Justin Tee
2025-10-27 23:54 ` [PATCH 02/11] lpfc: Revise discovery related function headers and comments Justin Tee
2025-10-27 23:54 ` [PATCH 03/11] lpfc: Remove redundant NULL ptr assignment in lpfc_els_free_iocb Justin Tee
2025-10-27 23:54 ` [PATCH 04/11] lpfc: Ensure unregistration of rpis for received PLOGIs Justin Tee
2025-10-27 23:54 ` [PATCH 05/11] lpfc: Fix leaked ndlp krefs when in point-to-point topology Justin Tee
2025-10-27 23:54 ` [PATCH 06/11] lpfc: Modify kref handling for Fabric Controller ndlps Justin Tee
2025-10-27 23:54 ` [PATCH 07/11] lpfc: Fix reusing an ndlp that is marked NLP_DROPPED during FLOGI Justin Tee
2025-10-27 23:54 ` [PATCH 08/11] lpfc: Allow support for BB credit recovery in point-to-point topology Justin Tee
2025-10-27 23:54 ` [PATCH 09/11] lpfc: Add capability to register Platform Name ID to fabric Justin Tee
2025-10-28 7:34 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2025-10-28 23:16 ` Justin Tee
2025-10-29 5:20 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2025-10-29 18:14 ` Justin Tee
2025-10-30 5:29 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski [this message]
2025-10-30 17:34 ` Justin Tee
2025-10-27 23:54 ` [PATCH 10/11] lpfc: Update lpfc version to 14.4.0.12 Justin Tee
2025-10-28 7:33 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2025-10-28 23:13 ` Justin Tee
2025-10-27 23:54 ` [PATCH 11/11] lpfc: Copyright updates for 14.4.0.12 patches Justin Tee
2025-10-28 7:32 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2025-10-28 23:13 ` Justin Tee
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