From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CF8EC433EF for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2022 15:53:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S236333AbiBIPxi (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Feb 2022 10:53:38 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:33638 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S236338AbiBIPxh (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Feb 2022 10:53:37 -0500 Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de (metis.ext.pengutronix.de [IPv6:2001:67c:670:201:290:27ff:fe1d:cc33]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2ACCCC0612BE for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2022 07:53:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from ptx.hi.pengutronix.de ([2001:67c:670:100:1d::c0]) by metis.ext.pengutronix.de with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nHpHm-0006r8-Hg; Wed, 09 Feb 2022 16:53:38 +0100 Received: from ore by ptx.hi.pengutronix.de with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nHpHl-00089m-Jb; Wed, 09 Feb 2022 16:53:37 +0100 Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2022 16:53:37 +0100 From: Oleksij Rempel To: Rob Herring Cc: devicetree@vger.kernel.org, netdev , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Sascha Hauer , Jakub Kicinski , "David S. Miller" Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v1] dt-bindings: net: ethernet-controller: document label property Message-ID: <20220209155337.GA26024@pengutronix.de> References: <20220209082820.2210753-1-o.rempel@pengutronix.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Sent-From: Pengutronix Hildesheim X-URL: http://www.pengutronix.de/ X-IRC: #ptxdist @freenode X-Accept-Language: de,en X-Accept-Content-Type: text/plain X-Uptime: 16:45:52 up 61 days, 31 min, 83 users, load average: 0.14, 0.17, 0.18 User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 2001:67c:670:100:1d::c0 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ore@pengutronix.de X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on metis.ext.pengutronix.de); SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-PTX-Original-Recipient: devicetree@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Feb 09, 2022 at 09:34:36AM -0600, Rob Herring wrote: > On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 2:28 AM Oleksij Rempel wrote: > > > > "label" provides human readable name used on a box, board or schematic > > to identify Ethernet port. > > Do you still need this? Yes. No need to force label based name from kernel, but user space should be able to use it to rename interface if needed or use it for GUI. Otherwise user space will need to have date base of all boards to provide this information. Regards, Oleksij -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Steuerwalder Str. 21 | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 |