netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: enetc: Support ethernet aliases in dts.

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Message-ID: <20250226200229.kdg2ls2ejhsbzbwi@skbuf>
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 22:02:29 +0200
From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
To: Shenwei Wang <shenwei.wang@....com>
Cc: Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@....com>, Wei Fang <wei.fang@....com>,
	Clark Wang <xiaoning.wang@....com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	"imx@...ts.linux.dev" <imx@...ts.linux.dev>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	dl-linux-imx <linux-imx@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: enetc: Support ethernet aliases in dts.

On Wed, Feb 26, 2025 at 07:43:34PM +0200, Shenwei Wang wrote:
> So my understanding here is that the primary purpose of Ethernet aliases in the 
> kernel DTS is simply to provide U-Boot with easier access to specific Ethernet nodes?

This is what my limited experience is telling me, yes.