Re: [PATCH 2/4] arm64: dts: ti: k3-j7200-common-proc-board: Add ethernet alias

["Kumar, Udit" <u-kumar1@ti.com>]

On 9/6/2026 5:48 PM, Hari Prasath G E wrote:
> Hello Udit,
> 
> On 9/6/2026 11:13 AM, Kumar, Udit wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 8/11/2026 11:43 AM, Siddharth Vadapalli wrote:
>>> Add the 'ethernet0' alias for the Ethernet interface corresponding to
>>> the
>>> MCU CPSW2G instance of the CPSW Ethernet Switch on the J7200 Common
>>> Processor Board.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Siddharth Vadapalli <s-vadapalli@ti.com>
>>> ---
>>>   arch/arm64/boot/dts/ti/k3-j7200-common-proc-board.dts | 1 +
>>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/ti/k3-j7200-common-proc-board.dts b/
>>> arch/arm64/boot/dts/ti/k3-j7200-common-proc-board.dts
>>> index 54dea36b153b..ac1c1ffe40b7 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/ti/k3-j7200-common-proc-board.dts
>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/ti/k3-j7200-common-proc-board.dts
>>> @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ aliases {
>>>           serial5 = &main_uart3;
>>>           mmc0 = &main_sdhci0;
>>>           mmc1 = &main_sdhci1;
>>> +        ethernet0 = &cpsw_port1;
>>
>> Hello Siddharth,
>> As default only 1 cpsw port is enabled for all boards in this series.
>> So ethernet0 will be cpsw_port1 always, In case you want to enable more
>> port in default config then having aliasing will help.
>>
>> otherwise, you can consider to add aliasing in overlays where you enable
>> more than 1 port.
>>
> 
> The first patch in the series for k3-am62a7-sk has two ports enabled by
> default, so there it's fine to add alias. Also, there are many other TI

May be I am missing something, but i don't see two port are enabled for
am62a7
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/tree/arch/arm64/boot/dts/ti/k3-am62a7-sk.dts#n796


> K3 platforms which have only one cpsw port enabled but still define
> aliases. So I guess to keep it consistent, we can decide to accept this.
> If future overlays are added, this will just mean reserving eth0 for
> cpsw port1 which is also fine. I am fine to move with accepting this
> series.
> 
> Acked-by: Hari Prasath Gujulan Elango <gehariprasath@ti.com>


> 
> Regards,
> Hari
> 
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>>>         chosen {
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