Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e0a2f28b4dee2a1e4c62dc8389f25defb284e387 Commit: e0a2f28b4dee2a1e4c62dc8389f25defb284e387 Parent: a9903811bf8d130a26004f9cb27b66513a267908 Author: Scott Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AuthorDate: Fri Mar 16 12:28:46 2007 -0500 Committer: Paul Mackerras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CommitDate: Wed Mar 21 22:35:21 2007 +1100
[POWERPC] Document the linux,network-index property. To allow more robust association of each network device node with an index (such as is used by the firmware or an EEPROM to indicate MAC addresses), a network device's node may specify the index explicitly. Signed-off-by: Scott Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Acked-by: David Gibson [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt index a1f83f1..88cdb59 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt @@ -1182,6 +1182,13 @@ platforms are moved over to use the flattened-device-tree model. - phy-handle : The phandle for the PHY connected to this ethernet controller. + Recommended properties: + + - linux,network-index : This is the intended "index" of this + network device. This is used by the bootwrapper to interpret + MAC addresses passed by the firmware when no information other + than indices is available to associate an address with a device. + Example: [EMAIL PROTECTED] { @@ -1550,6 +1557,12 @@ platforms are moved over to use the flattened-device-tree model. - mac-address : list of bytes representing the ethernet address. - phy-handle : The phandle for the PHY connected to this controller. + Recommended properties: + - linux,network-index : This is the intended "index" of this + network device. This is used by the bootwrapper to interpret + MAC addresses passed by the firmware when no information other + than indices is available to associate an address with a device. + Example: [EMAIL PROTECTED] { device_type = "network"; - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git-commits-head" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html