[poky] [PATCH 2/3] netbase: automatically bring up usb0 on beagleboard

[Darren Hart]

On 04/18/2011 02:12 AM, Paul Eggleton wrote:
> On Saturday 16 April 2011 00:01:30 Darren Hart wrote:
>> On 04/15/2011 03:43 PM, Gary Thomas wrote:
>>> eth1 yes, but doesn't the BeagleBoard xM have eth0?
>>
>> No. The onboard device is usb0.
> 
> Looks like we're not the only ones confused by this:
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux-linaro/+bug/622429
> 

Perhaps I am missing some context, but I don't see any problem with
having the name usb0. In fact, I find it informative, and helps to
explain why things like tftp don't work from u-boot, etc.

While the community remains divided, I plan to stay in the usb0 camp.

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Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center
Yocto Project - Linux Kernel