Re: [PATCH v10 5/5] [powerpc] Fix up fsl-flexcan device tree binding.

On 08/10/2011 01:35 PM, Robin Holt wrote:

On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 01:27:52PM -0500, Scott Wood wrote:

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"...and then associate the label with an alias."

The alias can then be used if you want "can0" versus "can1".

Does the alias get used by either the kernel or something else or is it
just extra detail with no purpose?

It could be used by udev to produce a symlink.  Currently, the major
non-human consumer of the aliases is U-Boot.

-Scott