[PATCH net-next 0/4] riscv: sophgo: Add ethernet support for SG2042

[Inochi Amaoto]

On Wed, May 07, 2025 at 02:37:15PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Wed, May 07, 2025 at 08:01:29PM +0800, Inochi Amaoto wrote:
> > On Wed, May 07, 2025 at 02:10:48AM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > > On Wed, May 07, 2025 at 06:24:29AM +0800, Inochi Amaoto wrote:
> > > > On Tue, May 06, 2025 at 02:03:18PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, May 06, 2025 at 05:32:50PM +0800, Inochi Amaoto wrote:
> > > > > > The ethernet controller of SG2042 is Synopsys DesignWare IP with
> > > > > > tx clock. Add device id for it.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > This patch can only be tested on a SG2042 x4 evb board, as pioneer
> > > > > > does not expose this device.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Do you have a patch for this EVB board? Ideally there should be a user
> > > > > added at the same time as support for a device.
> > > > > 
> > > > > 	Andrew
> > > > 
> > > > Yes, I have one for this device. And Han Gao told me that he will send
> > > > the board patch for the evb board. So I only send the driver.
> > > > And the fragment for the evb board is likes below, I think it is kind
> > > > of trivial:
> > > > 
> > > > &gmac0 {
> > > > 	phy-handle = <&phy0>;
> > > > 	phy-mode = "rgmii-txid";
> > > 
> > > And this is why i ask, because this is broken. For more information,
> > > please see:
> > > 
> > > https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/patch/20250430-v6-15-rc3-net-rgmii-delays-v2-1-099ae651d5e5@lunn.ch/
> > > 
> > > 	Andrew
> > 
> > You are right, the right phy-mode is "rgmii-id", the delay is not
> > added by the PCB. It seems to be better to ask for the vendor about
> > the hardware design before copying params for vendor dts. Anyway,
> > thanks for reviewing this.
> 
> Please do figure this out. Since you are adding a new compatible, you
> have a bit more flexibility. If the MAC driver is doing something
> wrong, you can change its behaviour based on this new compatible
> without breaking other users of the driver using other compatibles.
> 

Thanks, I will check it out. And adapt the driver if needed.

Regards,
Inochi