From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de ([2001:67c:670:201:290:27ff:fe1d:cc33]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.87 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1eI99p-0003tF-D2 for barebox@lists.infradead.ORG; Fri, 24 Nov 2017 08:16:24 +0000 Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2017 09:15:59 +0100 From: Sascha Hauer Message-ID: <20171124081559.ttdrfnx2kbv7j6yu@pengutronix.de> References: <20171121154047.27334-1-g.schenk@eckelmann.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20171121154047.27334-1-g.schenk@eckelmann.de> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "barebox" Errors-To: barebox-bounces+u.kleine-koenig=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add linux.devname property to eth device To: Gavin Schenk Cc: barebox@lists.infradead.org Hi Gavin, On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 04:40:47PM +0100, Gavin Schenk wrote: > When you have a static network environment but more than one network > device on your machine it is necessary to provide the parameter > to the ip parameter at kernel cmd line. > > The device name assigned by Linux cannot in general be predicted as it > depends on driver bind order. > > This patch introduces a new property linux.devname to eth devices. > The value is added to bootargs per interface and can be changed in > env/network/INTF > > Note that the device name is also used when dhcp is in use. > > Signed-off-by: Gavin Schenk Looks much better now. This needs some updates to fit into the networking update series I just sent, but I'll handle that soon when I see if this series can be taken or not. Sascha -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox