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SubjectRe: [PATCH net-next v3] net: dsa: make "label" property optional for dsa2
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From: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 18:13:51 -0500

> In the new DTS bindings for DSA (dsa2), the "ethernet" and "link"
> phandles are respectively mandatory and exclusive to CPU port and DSA
> link device tree nodes.
>
> Simplify dsa2.c a bit by checking the presence of such phandle instead
> of checking the redundant "label" property.
>
> Then the Linux philosophy for Ethernet switch ports is to expose them to
> userspace as standard NICs by default. Thus use the standard enumerated
> "eth%d" device name if no "label" property is provided for a user port.
> This allows to save DTS files from subjective net device names.
>
> If one wants to rename an interface, udev rules can be used as usual.
>
> Of course the current behavior is unchanged, and the optional "label"
> property for user ports has precedence over the enumerated name.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com>
> Acked-by: Uwe Kleine-König <uwe@kleine-koenig.org>

Applied, thanks.

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