Hello, On 01/06/2017 11:00 PM, Vivien Didelot wrote: > In the new DTS bindings for DSA (dsa2), the "ethernet" and "link" > phandles are respectively mandatory and exclusive to CPU port and DSA > link device tree nodes. > > Simplify dsa2.c a bit by checking the presence of such phandle instead > of checking the redundant "label" property. > > Then the Linux philosophy for Ethernet switch ports is to expose them to > userspace as standard NICs by default. Thus use the standard enumerated > "eth%d" device name if no "label" property is provided for a user port. > This allows to save DTS files from subjective net device names. > > If one wants to rename an interface, udev rules can be used as usual. > The sysfs phys_port_id and phys_switch_id also provide physical data. > > Of course the current behavior is unchanged, and the optional "label" > property for user ports has precedence over the enumerated name. > > Signed-off-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.dide...@savoirfairelinux.com> Acked-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u...@kleine-koenig.org>
Thanks Uwe
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