* Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> [170105 08:28]:
> On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 3:11 PM, Laurent Pinchart
> <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The Beagleboard-xM has a LAN9514 USB hub and ethernet controller,
> > connected to port 2 of the OMAP EHCI controller. The board however has
> > no EEPROM to store the ethernet MAC address, which is programmed by the
> > boot loader.
> >
> > To allow Linux to use the same MAC address as the boot loader (or for
> > that matter any fixed MAC address), we need a node in the device tree
> > for the ethernet controller that the boot loader can update at runtime
> > with a local-mac-address property. Add it, along with an alias for the
> > ethernet controller to let the boot loader locate it easily.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Changes since v1:
> >
> > - Renamed usb2 DT node to hub
> > ---
> > arch/arm/boot/dts/omap3-beagle-xm.dts | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap3-beagle-xm.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap3-beagle-xm.dts
> > index 85e297ed0ea1..673cee2234b2 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap3-beagle-xm.dts
> > +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap3-beagle-xm.dts
> > @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
> > aliases {
> > display0 = &dvi0;
> > display1 = &tv0;
> > + ethernet = ðernet;
>
> Sorry, just noticed this, but this should be dropped. It's not used
> nor do we want an alias here.
OK, will update locally as I have not pushed out yet.
> P.S. The display ones are questionable, too. Only OMAP has them and
> per platform alias names is not something we want.
OK. What about the mmc ones? Otherwise the MMC devices keep moving
around depending on the kernel version..
Tony
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