[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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