linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 8/8] ARM: dts: sun7i: Add ethernet alias for GMAC

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Date:	Mon, 3 Feb 2014 20:38:02 +0100
From:	Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>
To:	Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>
Cc:	Emilio Lopez <emilio@...pez.com.ar>,
	Mike Turquette <mturquette@...aro.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-sunxi@...glegroups.com,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 8/8] ARM: dts: sun7i: Add ethernet alias for GMAC

On Mon, Feb 03, 2014 at 11:32:26AM +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> U-Boot will insert MAC address into the device tree image.
> It looks up ethernet[0-5] aliases to find the ethernet nodes.
> Alias GMAC as ethernet0, as it is the only ethernet controller used.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>
> ---
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/sun7i-a20.dtsi | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun7i-a20.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun7i-a20.dtsi
> index 65fb8d0..c48fb11 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun7i-a20.dtsi
> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun7i-a20.dtsi
> @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
>  	interrupt-parent = <&gic>;
>  
>  	aliases {
> -		ethernet0 = &emac;
> +		ethernet0 = &gmac;
>  	};

I'm not very fond of this patch.

People might rely on the fact that ethernet0 is actually the emac, and
are expecting u-boot to fill the ethaddr variable to the emac, and not
the gmac.

Since u-boot is totally able to deal with several ethernet addresses,
please add it as ethernet1.

Maxime

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Maxime Ripard, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com

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