On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:49:25 +1100
David Gibson [off-list ref] wrote:

On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 10:34:43PM -0600, Josh Boyer wrote:

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On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:33:39 +1100
David Gibson [off-list ref] wrote:

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This patch alters the Ebony bootwrapper to use the new preferred
method of using aliases to work out which MAC address to attach to
which ethernet device node, rather than the old method based on the
linux,network-index property.

I like it.  But do we have this new preferred method documented
somewhere?  Doesn't seem to be in booting-without-of.txt.  It probably
should be added there, and reference to the linux,network-index
property removed if this is really preferred now.  Can you add
something to this patch for that?

Hrm.  linux,network-index was mentioned in b-w-o.txt, but to be honest
I don't think it ever belonged there.  It describes a bootloader to
kernel interface, whereas network-index was always a bootwrapper
internal hack, applicable only when the device tree and the fixup code
were built into the one image.

That's fine.  But can it you remove reference to it then?

aliases, on the other hand do warrent wider mention, and aren't
mentioned at all in b-w-o.txt, but that's a matter of larger scope
than just getting rid of the network-index hack.

My concern is that people writing new ports will continue to copy DTS
files with linux,network-index in it.  Particularly since it's
recommended in b-w-of.txt, and there is no mentioned alternative.

josh