From: Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com>
To: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>
Cc: Wood Scott-B07421 <B07421@freescale.com>,
"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
U Bhaskar-B22300 <B22300@freescale.com>,
"socketcan-core@lists.berlios.de"
<socketcan-core@lists.berlios.de>,
PPC list <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 5/5] [powerpc] Fix up fsl-flexcan device tree binding.
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:39:53 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E42D079.7070709@freescale.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110810183526.GZ4926@sgi.com>
On 08/10/2011 01:35 PM, Robin Holt wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 01:27:52PM -0500, Scott Wood wrote:
>> "...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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-08-10 18:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-08-10 3:05 [PATCH v10 0/5] [flexcan/powerpc] Add support for powerpc flexcan (freescale p1010) Robin Holt
2011-08-10 3:06 ` [PATCH v10 1/5] [flexcan] Remove #include <mach/clock.h> Robin Holt
2011-08-10 3:06 ` [PATCH v10 2/5] [flexcan] Abstract off read/write for big/little endian Robin Holt
2011-08-10 3:06 ` [PATCH v10 3/5] [flexcan] Add of_match to platform_device definition Robin Holt
2011-08-10 14:33 ` Robin Holt
2011-08-10 3:06 ` [PATCH v10 4/5] [powerpc] Add flexcan device support for p1010rdb Robin Holt
2011-08-10 9:56 ` Marc Kleine-Budde
2011-08-10 10:15 ` Robin Holt
2011-08-10 3:06 ` [PATCH v10 5/5] [powerpc] Fix up fsl-flexcan device tree binding Robin Holt
2011-08-10 8:15 ` Robert Schwebel
2011-08-10 10:09 ` Robin Holt
2011-08-10 13:47 ` Wolfgang Grandegger
2011-08-10 14:15 ` Robin Holt
2011-08-10 14:36 ` U Bhaskar-B22300
2011-08-10 16:00 ` Robin Holt
2011-08-10 16:53 ` Kumar Gala
2011-08-10 17:16 ` Robin Holt
2011-08-10 17:17 ` Kumar Gala
2011-08-10 17:20 ` Robin Holt
2011-08-10 17:26 ` Kumar Gala
2011-08-10 18:23 ` Wolfgang Grandegger
2011-08-10 18:27 ` Scott Wood
2011-08-10 18:35 ` Robin Holt
2011-08-10 18:39 ` Scott Wood [this message]
2011-08-10 14:41 ` Wolfgang Grandegger
2011-08-10 14:46 ` Kumar Gala
2011-08-10 14:45 ` Kumar Gala
2011-08-10 15:35 ` Robin Holt
2011-08-10 10:01 ` [PATCH v10 0/5] [flexcan/powerpc] Add support for powerpc flexcan (freescale p1010) Marc Kleine-Budde
2011-08-10 10:11 ` Robin Holt
2011-08-10 10:24 ` Marc Kleine-Budde
2011-08-10 11:09 ` Marc Kleine-Budde
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