On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:49:25 +1100 David Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 10:34:43PM -0600, Josh Boyer wrote: > > On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:33:39 +1100 > > David Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > This patch alters the Ebony bootwrapper to use the new preferred > > > method of using aliases to work out which MAC address to attach to > > > which ethernet device node, rather than the old method based on the > > > linux,network-index property. > > > > I like it. But do we have this new preferred method documented > > somewhere? Doesn't seem to be in booting-without-of.txt. It probably > > should be added there, and reference to the linux,network-index > > property removed if this is really preferred now. Can you add > > something to this patch for that? > > Hrm. linux,network-index was mentioned in b-w-o.txt, but to be honest > I don't think it ever belonged there. It describes a bootloader to > kernel interface, whereas network-index was always a bootwrapper > internal hack, applicable only when the device tree and the fixup code > were built into the one image. That's fine. But can it you remove reference to it then? > aliases, on the other hand do warrent wider mention, and aren't > mentioned at all in b-w-o.txt, but that's a matter of larger scope > than just getting rid of the network-index hack. My concern is that people writing new ports will continue to copy DTS files with linux,network-index in it. Particularly since it's recommended in b-w-of.txt, and there is no mentioned alternative. josh _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
