Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: rockchip: add &gmac2phy in rk3328-rock64

From: Dragan Simic
Date: Fri Mar 15 2024 - 15:04:53 EST


On 2024-03-15 16:02, Himanshu Bhavani wrote:
Unfortunately, this isn't an acceptable change to the Rock64 dts file.
Yes, there's the second built-in Ethernet interface in the RK3328 SoC,
but the Rock64 layout doesn't expose it as a separate physical network
interface, i.e. it isn't available as a port.

I was wondering if the Rock64 lacks a port.
According to this link: https://pine64.org/devices/rock64/,
it seems that there is a physical network interface available on the sbc.

As I already described in my previous response, there's another Ethernet
interface in the RK3328 SoC, which the Rock64 is based on, but there's no
second Ethernet port on the actual printed circuit board. That's simply
how the Rock64 was designed and manufactured.

Such a change would be fine to be applied to the dts by hand, by someone
who actually adds a second physical network port to their Rock64.