Re: [PATCH net-next v3] net: dsa: make "label" property optional for dsa2

[David Miller]

From: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Uwe Kleine-König <uwe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks.