With the adequate configuration settings, u-boot will loop through the list of aliases looking for "ethernetX".
By adding an ethernet alias, u-boot can fixup the local-mac-address property in the kernel's device tree using a value held in its environment variable ethaddr. Tested-by: Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz <[email protected]> --- arch/arm64/boot/dts/amlogic/meson-gxl-s905x-libretech-cc.dts | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/amlogic/meson-gxl-s905x-libretech-cc.dts b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/amlogic/meson-gxl-s905x-libretech-cc.dts index 68d2c90..278d769 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/amlogic/meson-gxl-s905x-libretech-cc.dts +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/amlogic/meson-gxl-s905x-libretech-cc.dts @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ aliases { serial0 = &uart_AO; + ethernet0 = ðmac; }; chosen { -- 2.7.4

