[POWERPC] Document the linux,network-index property.
To allow more robust association of each network device node with an index (such as is used by the firmware or an EEPROM to indicate MAC addresses), a network device's node may specify the index explicitly. Signed-off-by: Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com> Acked-by: David Gibson david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
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- phy-handle : The phandle for the PHY connected to this ethernet
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controller.
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Recommended properties:
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- linux,network-index : This is the intended "index" of this
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network device. This is used by the bootwrapper to interpret
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MAC addresses passed by the firmware when no information other
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than indices is available to associate an address with a device.
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Example:
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ethernet@24000 {
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- mac-address : list of bytes representing the ethernet address.
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- phy-handle : The phandle for the PHY connected to this controller.
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Recommended properties:
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- linux,network-index : This is the intended "index" of this
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network device. This is used by the bootwrapper to interpret
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MAC addresses passed by the firmware when no information other
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than indices is available to associate an address with a device.
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Example:
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ucc@2000 {
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device_type = "network";
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