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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt | 13 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt index a1f83f1c24c..88cdb592fdf 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt @@ -1182,6 +1182,13 @@ platforms are moved over to use the flattened-device-tree model. - phy-handle : The phandle for the PHY connected to this ethernet controller. + Recommended properties: + + - linux,network-index : This is the intended "index" of this + network device. This is used by the bootwrapper to interpret + MAC addresses passed by the firmware when no information other + than indices is available to associate an address with a device. + Example: ethernet@24000 { @@ -1550,6 +1557,12 @@ platforms are moved over to use the flattened-device-tree model. - mac-address : list of bytes representing the ethernet address. - phy-handle : The phandle for the PHY connected to this controller. + Recommended properties: + - linux,network-index : This is the intended "index" of this + network device. This is used by the bootwrapper to interpret + MAC addresses passed by the firmware when no information other + than indices is available to associate an address with a device. + Example: ucc@2000 { device_type = "network"; |