Re: [PATCH v3] of: Output devicetree alias names in uevent

2012-12-19 Thread Grant Likely
On Thu, 6 Dec 2012 14:55:41 -0800, Stepan Moskovchenko step...@codeaurora.org wrote: In some situations, userspace may want to resolve a device by function and logical number (ie, serial0) rather than by the base address or full device path. Being able to resolve a device by alias frees

[PATCH v3] of: Output devicetree alias names in uevent

2012-12-06 Thread Stepan Moskovchenko
In some situations, userspace may want to resolve a device by function and logical number (ie, serial0) rather than by the base address or full device path. Being able to resolve a device by alias frees userspace from the burden of otherwise having to maintain a mapping between device addresses