Re: [PATCH for 3.14] ARM: at91: fix network interface ordering for sama5d36

[Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD]

On Mar 10, 2014, at 10:37 PM, Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Boris BREZILLON <b.brezillon.dev@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> On the newly introduced sama5d36, Gigabit and 10/100 Ethernet network
> interfaces are probed in a different order than for the sama5d35.
> Moreover, users are accustomed to this order in bootloaders and backports
> for older kernel revisions.
> So this patch switches DT node order as it is done for the other dual-Ethernet
> sama5d3 SoC.
> Better interface numbering which does not depend on DT node order is being
> developed for stronger interface identification.

twick ethernet enumerating by playing on the DT order is week

It’s better to introduce a new property

linux,ethernet-id or something like or simply rely on other information on the userspace to identify the
proper interface

Nicolas for AT91 keep me in Cc

Best Regards,
J.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Boris BREZILLON <b.brezillon.dev@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Olof, Arnd and Kevin,
> 
> I would like to include this fix in 3.14-final.
> I do not have anymore patch for an at91-3.14-fixes branch so I only send this
> single patch to you. Can you still take it?
> 
> Thanks, best regards,
> 
> arch/arm/boot/dts/sama5d36.dtsi | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/sama5d36.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/sama5d36.dtsi
> index 6c31c26e6cc0..db58cad6acd3 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/sama5d36.dtsi
> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/sama5d36.dtsi
> @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
>  */
> #include "sama5d3.dtsi"
> #include "sama5d3_can.dtsi"
> -#include "sama5d3_emac.dtsi"
> #include "sama5d3_gmac.dtsi"
> +#include "sama5d3_emac.dtsi"
> #include "sama5d3_lcd.dtsi"
> #include "sama5d3_mci2.dtsi"
> #include "sama5d3_tcb1.dtsi"
> -- 
> 1.8.2.2
> 
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