Re: [PATCH v1] arm64: dts: imx8qm: add ethernet aliases

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 22/04/2025 12:02, Francesco Dolcini wrote:
> From: Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Add ethernet aliases, they are used by the firmware to set the MAC
> address and by systemd to rename network interfaces to predictable
> interface names, e.g. end0 and end1.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8qm.dtsi | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8qm.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8qm.dtsi
> index 6fa31bc9ece8..eccd0087efa7 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8qm.dtsi
> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8qm.dtsi
> @@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ / {
>  	#size-cells = <2>;
>  
>  	aliases {
> +		ethernet0 = &fec1;
> +		ethernet1 = &fec2;
Can't they be disabled (e.g. because MAC is external?) on actual board?
IOW, aliases for exposed interfaces are properties of boards, not SoC.

What's more, I cannot find these in this DTSI, so how can you add alias
to non-existing node?

Best regards,
Krzysztof