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From: Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 5/5] [powerpc] Fix up fsl-flexcan device tree binding.
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:39:53 -0500
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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