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Re: [PATCH v2 0/8] uuid: convert users to generic UUID API

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On Mon,  4 Apr 2016 16:30:02 +0300 Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> wrote:

> There are few functions here and there along with type definitions that provide
> UUID API. This series consolidates everything under one hood and converts
> current users.

Well.  It converts two current users.

There are many references to "uuid" in the tree.  How many sites could
potentially benefit from this change?

> This has been tested for a while internally, however it doesn't mean we covered
> all possible cases (especially accuracy of UUID constants after conversion).
> So, please test this as much as you can and provide your tag. We appreciate the
> effort.

I'm not sure who this series was aimed at but I saw "lib" and grabbed
it.  I'll await Matt's ack.

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[PATCH v2 0/8] uuid: convert users to generic UUID API Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> - 2016-04-04 15:40 +0200
  [PATCH v2 1/8] lib/vsprintf: simplify UUID printing Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> - 2016-04-04 15:40 +0200
  [PATCH v2 2/8] lib/uuid: move generate_random_uuid() to uuid.c Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> - 2016-04-04 15:40 +0200
  [PATCH v2 4/8] lib/uuid: remove FSF address Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> - 2016-04-04 15:40 +0200
  [PATCH v2 8/8] efivars: use generic UUID library Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> - 2016-04-04 15:40 +0200
  [PATCH v2 3/8] lib/uuid: introduce few more generic helpers for UUID Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> - 2016-04-04 15:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v2 3/8] lib/uuid: introduce few more generic helpers for  UUID Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-04-05 01:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v2 3/8] lib/uuid: introduce few more generic helpers for  UUID Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-04-05 02:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v2 3/8] lib/uuid: introduce few more generic helpers for  UUID Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> - 2016-04-05 02:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v2 3/8] lib/uuid: introduce few more generic helpers for  UUID Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> - 2016-04-05 13:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v2 0/8] uuid: convert users to generic UUID API Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-04-05 01:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v2 0/8] uuid: convert users to generic UUID API Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> - 2016-04-05 13:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v2 0/8] uuid: convert users to generic UUID API Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> - 2016-04-05 16:20 +0200

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