--- ofpathname.orig	2007-07-17 16:10:47.000000000 +0200
+++ ofpathname	2007-08-12 13:00:21.000000000 +0200
@@ -27,6 +33,7 @@
     echo "Optional arguments."
     echo "  -l               Convert Open Firmware device pathname to"
     echo "                   logical device name."
+    echo "  -a               Find matching Open Firmware device alias[es]."
     echo "  -q, --quiet      do not report failures, exit quietly"
     echo "  -V, --version    display version information and exit"         
     echo "  -h, --help       display this help information and exit"
@@ -226,7 +234,16 @@
         OF_PATH=$OFPATH:1\\ppc\\bootinfo.txt
     fi
 
-    echo $OF_PATH
+    if [[ $do_alias = "0" ]]; then
+      echo $OF_PATH
+    else
+      (shopt -s nullglob
+       for i in /proc/device-tree/aliases/* ; do
+         if sed -e "s/\x00$//g" $i | grep -qx "$OF_PATH" ; then
+           basename $i
+         fi
+       done)
+    fi
 }
 
 #
@@ -613,10 +638,14 @@
 
 # default: convert logical => OFpath
 do_of2l=0
+# default: do not alias-ize
+do_alias=0
 
 getopt -o "l:Vqh" -l "help,version,quiet" $@ > /dev/null 2>&1
 while [[ -n $1 ]]; do
     case "$1" in
+        -a)             do_alias=1 ;;
+
         -l)             do_of2l=1 
                         DEVNAME_ARG=$2
                         shift ;;