[PATCH] ARM: dts: armada388-clearfog: number LAN ports properly

Andrew Lunn andrew at lunn.ch
Fri Jul 8 08:26:16 PDT 2016


On Fri, Jul 08, 2016 at 02:58:39PM +0100, Russell King wrote:
> Currently, the ports as seen from the rear number as:
> 
> 	eth0 sfp lan5 lan4 lan3 lan2 lan1 lan6
> 
> which is illogical - this came about because the rev 2.0 boards have the
> LEDs on the front for the DSA switch (lan5-1) reversed.  Rev 2.1 boards
> fixed the LED issue, and the Clearfog case numbers the lan ports
> increasing from left to right.
> 
> Maintaining this illogical numbering causes confusion, with reports that
> "my link isn't coming up" and "my connection negotiates 10base-Half"
> both of which are due to people thinking that the port next to the SFP
> is lan1.
> 
> Fix this by renumbering the ports to match people's expectations.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel at armlinux.org.uk>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn.ch>

    Andrew



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