[PATCH 1/2] ARM: mvebu: change order of ethernet DT nodes on Armada 38x

[Thomas Petazzoni]

On Armada 38x, the available network interfaces are:

 - port 0, at 0x70000
 - port 1, at 0x30000
 - port 2, at 0x34000

Due to the rule saying that DT nodes should be ordered by register
addresses, the network interfaces are probed in this order:

 - port 1, at 0x30000, which gets named eth0
 - port 2, at 0x34000, which gets named eth1
 - port 0, at 0x70000, which gets named eth2

(if all three ports are enabled at the board level)

Unfortunately, the network subsystem doesn't provide any way to rename
network interfaces from the kernel (it can only be done from
userspace). So, the default naming of the network interfaces is very
confusing as it doesn't match the datasheet, nor the naming of the
interfaces in the bootloader, nor the naming of the interfaces on
labels printed on the board.

For example, on the Armada 388 GP, the board has two ports, labelled
GE0 and GE1. One has to know that GE0 is eth1 and GE1 is eth0, which
isn't really obvious.

In order to solve this, this patch proposes to exceptionaly violate
the rule of "order DT nodes by register address", and put the 0x70000
node before the 0x30000 node, so that network interfaces get named in
a more natural way.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
---
 arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-38x.dtsi | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-38x.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-38x.dtsi
index e8b7f67..b50784d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-38x.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-38x.dtsi
@@ -429,6 +429,27 @@
 				reg = <0x22000 0x1000>;
 			};
 
+			/*
+			 * 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.
+			 */
+			eth0: ethernet at 70000 {
+				compatible = "marvell,armada-370-neta";
+				reg = <0x70000 0x4000>;
+				interrupts-extended = <&mpic 8>;
+				clocks = <&gateclk 4>;
+				tx-csum-limit = <9800>;
+				status = "disabled";
+			};
+
 			eth1: ethernet at 30000 {
 				compatible = "marvell,armada-370-neta";
 				reg = <0x30000 0x4000>;
@@ -493,15 +514,6 @@
 				};
 			};
 
-			eth0: ethernet at 70000 {
-				compatible = "marvell,armada-370-neta";
-				reg = <0x70000 0x4000>;
-				interrupts-extended = <&mpic 8>;
-				clocks = <&gateclk 4>;
-				tx-csum-limit = <9800>;
-				status = "disabled";
-			};
-
 			mdio: mdio at 72004 {
 				#address-cells = <1>;
 				#size-cells = <0>;
-- 
2.6.4