Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] of: teach overlay code to keep /aliases in sync

[Herve Codina]

Hi Abdurrahman,

On Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:15:35 -0700
"Abdurrahman Hussain" <abdurrahman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

...
 
> This series is narrowly about overlay-declared /aliases never entering
> aliases_lookup, so of_alias_get_id() returns -ENODEV and alias-based id
> pinning falls back to auto-assignment. It reproduces with no mux involved
> and doesn't depend on your talk.
> 
> In v4 I'll drop the "underlying cause" clause; I can keep [2] only as
> prior-art context or drop it entirely — whichever you'd prefer.

IMHO, the talk describing the DT overlay usage in the lan966x context
doesn't add any benefit in your use case.

I would drop it but if you prefer to keep it as a reference explaining the
lan966x use-case, no problem.

Do what you feel is best. 

Best regards,
Hervé