[PATCH v2] arm64: dts: broadcom: bcm2712: rpi-5: Add ethernet0 alias

Florian Fainelli florian.fainelli at broadcom.com
Sun Nov 2 08:16:34 PST 2025



On 11/2/2025 7:48 AM, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 02, 2025 at 04:35:30PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>> On Sun, Nov 02, 2025 at 01:14:42PM +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
>>> The RP1 ethernet controller DT node contains a local-mac-address
>>> property to pass the MAC address from the boot loader to the kernel. The
>>> boot loader does not fill the MAC address as the ethernet0 alias is
>>> missing. Add it.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com>
>>> ---
>>
>> Should this have a Fixes: tag?
> 
> I can add
> 
> Fixes: 43456fdfc014 ("arm64: dts: broadcom: Enable RP1 ethernet for Raspberry Pi 5")
> 
> (or maybe Florian can when picking up this patch, if a v3 is not
> needed).

Yes I will add the tag while applying, thanks!

> 
>> What MAC address does it currently get?  Random?
> 
> The local-mac-address property is not currently filled by the boot
> loader, so it's all 0's. The kernel then assigns a random MAC address.
> 

Definitively a fix.
-- 
Florian




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