Re: [PATCH] arm64: rockchip: dts: rk3328-rock-pi-e: enable GbE eth

[Heiko Stübner]

Hi Trevor,

Am Donnerstag, 21. Dezember 2023, 07:22:43 CET schrieb Trevor Woerner:
> Adjust the device-tree to get the GbE interface working using a patch found
> on the Radxa forum.
> 
> Link: https://forum.radxa.com/t/rock-pi-e-board-version-1-21-ethhernet-not-working-in-armbian/15061/3
> Signed-off-by: Trevor Woerner <twoerner@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---

> @@ -165,15 +165,17 @@ mdio {
>  		#address-cells = <1>;
>  		#size-cells = <0>;
>  
> -		rtl8211e: ethernet-phy@1 {
> +		rtl8211f: ethernet-phy@1 {
> +			compatible = "ethernet-phy-id001c.c916", "ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c22";

skipping through that thread, it looks like there are variants of the
board with one of the rtl8211e _or_ rtl8211f phys.

So while the "ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c22" compatible would work for both,
the "ethernet-phy-id001c.c916" compat effectively disables phy- probing.
So applying this patch would effectively disable ethernet support on those
older rock-pi-e boards?

In a similar context concerning boards using different phys, it was
suggested [0] that the bootloader should modify the dt it passes to the
kernel to provide the correct phy id.


>  			reg = <1>;
>  			pinctrl-0 = <&eth_phy_int_pin>, <&eth_phy_reset_pin>;
>  			pinctrl-names = "default";
>  			interrupt-parent = <&gpio1>;
>  			interrupts = <24 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW>;
> -			reset-assert-us = <10000>;
> -			reset-deassert-us = <50000>;
> +			reset-assert-us = <20000>;
> +			reset-deassert-us = <100000>;

I guess for those we can consolidate onto the "slower" ones in the kernel though.


>  			reset-gpios = <&gpio1 RK_PC2 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
> +			max-speed = <1000>;
>  		};
>  	};
>  };
> 


Heiko

[0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/ecbdcfb7-32ab-45cc-991a-982c52bf4b14@xxxxxxxxx/