[PATCH v1] arm64: dts: imx8qm: add ethernet aliases

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 25/04/2025 18:36, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 22/04/2025 12:02, Francesco Dolcini wrote:
>> From: Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini at toradex.com>
>>
>> Add ethernet aliases, they are used by the firmware to set the MAC
>> address and by systemd to rename network interfaces to predictable
>> interface names, e.g. end0 and end1.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini at toradex.com>
>> ---
>>  arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8qm.dtsi | 2 ++
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8qm.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8qm.dtsi
>> index 6fa31bc9ece8..eccd0087efa7 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8qm.dtsi
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8qm.dtsi
>> @@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ / {
>>  	#size-cells = <2>;
>>  
>>  	aliases {
>> +		ethernet0 = &fec1;
>> +		ethernet1 = &fec2;
> Can't they be disabled (e.g. because MAC is external?) on actual board?
> IOW, aliases for exposed interfaces are properties of boards, not SoC.
> 
> What's more, I cannot find these in this DTSI, so how can you add alias
> to non-existing node?

I found them (terrible design by NXP) but they are disabled so that's
the point - adding aliases to disabled nodes is clear sign you are doing
it wrong.

Best regards,
Krzysztof