On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 04:49:59PM +0000, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
> SPI (and others) has a way to define bus number in a aliases:
> aliases {
> ethernet4 = &enet4;
> ethernet0 = &enet0;
> ethernet1 = &enet1;
> ethernet2 = &enet2;
> ethernet3 = &enet3;
> spi0 = &spi0
> };
> The 0 in the spi0 alias will translate to bus num 0 so one can control the
> /dev nodes, like /dev/spidev0
> I am looking for the same for ethernet devices:
> ethernet4 = &enet4; /* should become eth4 */
> ethernet0 = &enet0; /* should become eth0 */
> but I cannot find something like that for eth devices.
>
> Could such functionality be added?
Hi Jocke
This has been discussed before. Take a look at
arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-38x.dtsi
/*
* As a special exception to the "order by
* register address" rule, the eth0 node is
* placed here to ensure that it gets
* registered as the first interface, since
* the network subsystem doesn't allow naming
* interfaces using DT aliases. Without this,
* the ordering of interfaces is different
* from the one used in U-Boot and the
* labeling of interfaces on the boards, which
* is very confusing for users.
*/
You should be able to find the discuss about this, and why aliases
cannot be used.
Andrew
