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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 5/5] arm64: dts: add LX2160ARDB board support
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    On 8/29/2018 3:31 AM, Scott Wood wrote:
    > On Tue, 2018-08-21 at 15:45 -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
    >> On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 1:52 PM Vabhav Sharma <vabhav.sharma@nxp.com> wrote:
    >>> +/ {
    >>> + model = "NXP Layerscape LX2160ARDB";
    >>> + compatible = "fsl,lx2160a-rdb", "fsl,lx2160a";
    >>> +
    >>> + aliases {
    >>> + crypto = &crypto;
    >>
    >> Drop this. Aliases should be numbered, and this is not a standard
    >> alias name either.
    >
    > Is this a new rule? In any case, U-Boot looks for a "crypto" alias.
    >
    (Replying here, I did not see a follow-up).

    Indeed, U-boot relies on the "crypto" alias.
    This is true for all SoCs with CAAM crypto engine, a pretty lengthy list.

    Could you please clarify?
    Also: Is numbering needed even when there is a single instance of the block?

    Looking at a recent discussion
    https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/991718
    I see the proposal is for the ID to be optional:
    > Alias names are often suffixed with a numeric ID, especially when there may
    > be multiple instances of the same type. The ID typically corresponds to the
    [...]

    Thanks,
    Horia

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