linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/6] arm64: dts: imx: Move Ethernet aliases out of SoC DTSI

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Message-ID: <aBC8rvt-u8P4Qlzw@gaggiata.pivistrello.it>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 13:49:02 +0200
From: Francesco Dolcini <francesco@...cini.it>
To: Lucas Stach <l.stach@...gutronix.de>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>
Cc: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>,
	Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
	Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>,
	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
	Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
	Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	Francesco Dolcini <francesco@...cini.it>, imx@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux@...tq-group.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] arm64: dts: imx: Move Ethernet aliases out of SoC
 DTSI

Hello,

On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 11:39:20AM +0200, Lucas Stach wrote:
> Am Freitag, dem 25.04.2025 um 21:48 +0200 schrieb Krzysztof Kozlowski:
> > Ethernet interface, like other exposed interfaces, aliases depend on
> > actual board configuration, e.g. its labeling, thus aliases should be
> > defined per each board or each SoM.
> > 
> Breaking existing users for the sake of aligning the i.MX platform with more
> idiomatic DT usage does not seem to be a worthwhile trade-off to me.

FWIW, I agree with Lucas.

Francesco