netdev - Re: [PATCH v10 5/5] [powerpc] Fix up fsl-flexcan device tree binding.

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Message-ID: <4E42D079.7070709@freescale.com>
Date:	Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:39:53 -0500
From:	Scott Wood <scottwood@...escale.com>
To:	Robin Holt <holt@....com>
CC:	Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@...ndegger.com>,
	U Bhaskar-B22300 <B22300@...escale.com>,
	Wood Scott-B07421 <B07421@...escale.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...nel.crashing.org>,
	"socketcan-core@...ts.berlios.de" <socketcan-core@...ts.berlios.de>,
	Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>,
	PPC list <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 5/5] [powerpc] Fix up fsl-flexcan device tree binding.

On 08/10/2011 01:35 PM, Robin Holt wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 01:27:52PM -0500, Scott Wood wrote:
>> "...and then associate the label with an alias."
>>
>> The alias can then be used if you want "can0" versus "can1".
> 
> Does the alias get used by either the kernel or something else or is it
> just extra detail with no purpose?

It could be used by udev to produce a symlink.  Currently, the major
non-human consumer of the aliases is U-Boot.

-Scott

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