Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] mdev: Introduce sha1 based mdev alias

2019-09-17 Thread Cornelia Huck
On Sun, 1 Sep 2019 23:24:32 -0500 Parav Pandit wrote: > Some vendor drivers want an identifier for an mdev device that is > shorter than the UUID, due to length restrictions in the consumers of > that identifier. > > Add a callback that allows a vendor driver to request an alias of a > specifie

[PATCH v3 1/5] mdev: Introduce sha1 based mdev alias

2019-09-01 Thread Parav Pandit
Some vendor drivers want an identifier for an mdev device that is shorter than the UUID, due to length restrictions in the consumers of that identifier. Add a callback that allows a vendor driver to request an alias of a specified length to be generated for an mdev device. If generated, that alias