Hi Michael, On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 12:51 PM Michael Walle <[email protected]> wrote: > > Linux uses the prefix "ethernet" whereas u-boot uses "eth". This is from > the linux tree: > > $ grep "eth[0-9].*=.*&" arch/**/*dts{,i}|wc -l > 0 > $ grep "ethernet[0-9].*=.*&" arch/**/*dts{,i}|wc -l > 633 > > In u-boot device trees both prefixes are used. Until recently the only > user of the ethernet alias was the sandbox test device tree. This > changed with commit fc054d563bfb ("net: Introduce DSA class for Ethernet > switches"). There, the MAC addresses are inherited based on the devices > sequence IDs which is in turn given by the device tree. > > Before there are more users in u-boot and both worlds will differ even > more, rename the alias prefix to "ethernet" to match the linux ones. > Also adapt the test cases and rename any old aliases in the u-boot > device trees. > > Cc: David Wu <[email protected]> > Signed-off-by: Michael Walle <[email protected]>
Yes, this is the preferred node naming as per the Devicetree Specification: Reviewed-by: Fabio Estevam <[email protected]>
