[PATCH] ARM: mvebu: add reference to ETH connectors for A385-AP
Arnd Bergmann
arnd at arndb.de
Tue Nov 17 07:57:20 PST 2015
On Tuesday 17 November 2015 16:53:40 Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> This commit adds some comments to the Armada 385 AP Device Tree
> description to indicate which Ethernet interface matches which
> physical connector on the board.
>
> This is especially useful on this board, since the mapping between the
> logical interface names and the physical ports is not very
> straightforward. It also doesn't match the numbering of the interfaces
> done by U-Boot:
>
> U-Boot interface | Linux interface | Physical port
> -----------------+-----------------+--------------
> egiga0 | eth2 | CON4
> egiga1 | eth0 | CON2
> egiga2 | eth1 | CON3
> -----------------+-----------------+--------------
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
> Cc: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard at free-electrons.com>
>
Would it be possible to use entries in /aliases to fix the order of the
interfaces and make them match the physical ports?
Arnd
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