On Fri, Jan 07, 2022 at 05:12:21PM +0100, Pali Rohár wrote: > Adds a new helper function of_get_ethdev_label() which sets initial name of > specified netdev interface based on DT "label" property. It is same what is > doing DSA function dsa_port_parse_of() for DSA ports. > > This helper function can be useful for drivers to make consistency between > DSA and netdev interface names. > > Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali@xxxxxxxxxx> Doesn't this also need a patch to update the DT binding document Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml ? Also it needs a covering message for the series, and a well thought out argument why this is required. Consistency with DSA probably isn't a good enough reason. >From what I remember, there have been a number of network interface naming proposals over the years, and as you can see, none of them have been successful... but who knows what will happen this time. -- RMK's Patch system: https://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/ FTTP is here! 40Mbps down 10Mbps up. Decent connectivity at last!
