Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] dt-bindings: net: dsa: mt7530: replace label = "cpu" with proper checks

From: Rob Herring
Date: Tue Sep 13 2022 - 13:01:59 EST


On Mon, 12 Sep 2022 20:50:56 +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> The fact that some DSA device trees use 'label = "cpu"' for the CPU port
> is nothing but blind cargo cult copying. The 'label' property was never
> part of the DSA DT bindings for anything except the user ports, where it
> provided a hint as to what name the created netdevs should use.
>
> DSA does use the "cpu" port label to identify a CPU port in dsa_port_parse(),
> but this is only for non-OF code paths (platform data).
>
> The proper way to identify a CPU port is to look at whether the
> 'ethernet' phandle is present.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/mediatek,mt7530.yaml | 12 +++---------
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>

Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>