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-rw-r--r--common/state/state.c28
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/common/state/state.c b/common/state/state.c
index 6db77f2c18..b4a634fa99 100644
--- a/common/state/state.c
+++ b/common/state/state.c
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ static int of_state_fixup(struct device_node *root, void *ctx)
{
struct state *state = ctx;
const char *compatible = "barebox,state";
- struct device_node *new_node, *node, *parent, *backend_node;
+ struct device_node *new_node, *node, *parent, *backend_node, *aliases;
struct property *p;
int ret;
phandle phandle;
@@ -416,6 +416,15 @@ static int of_state_fixup(struct device_node *root, void *ctx)
if (node) {
/* replace existing node - it will be deleted later */
parent = node->parent;
+
+ /*
+ * barebox replaces the state node in the device tree it starts the
+ * kernel with, so a state node that already exists in the device tree
+ * will be overwritten. Warn about this so people do not wonder why
+ * changes in the kernels state node do not have any effect.
+ */
+ if (root != of_get_root_node())
+ dev_warn(&state->dev, "Warning: Kernel devicetree contains state node, replacing it\n");
} else {
char *of_path, *c;
@@ -511,6 +520,17 @@ static int of_state_fixup(struct device_node *root, void *ctx)
if (ret)
goto out;
+ aliases = of_create_node(root, "/aliases");
+ if (!aliases) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ ret = of_set_property(aliases, state->name, new_node->full_name,
+ strlen(new_node->full_name) + 1, 1);
+ if (ret)
+ goto out;
+
/* delete existing node */
if (node)
of_delete_node(node);
@@ -558,8 +578,10 @@ struct state *state_new_from_node(struct device_node *node, char *path,
uint32_t stridesize;
alias = of_alias_get(node);
- if (!alias)
- alias = node->name;
+ if (!alias) {
+ pr_err("State node %s does not have an alias in the /aliases/ node\n", node->full_name);
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+ }
state = state_new(alias);
if (IS_ERR(state))