[PATCH v2 0/5] dd ethernet support for RPi5

[Stanimir Varbanov]

Hi Laurent,

On 10/31/25 1:45 PM, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> Hi Stan,
> 
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2025 at 12:34:35PM +0300, Stanimir Varbanov wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Changes in v2:
>>  - In 1/5 updates according to review comments (Nicolas)
>>  - In 1/5 added Fixes tag (Nicolas)
>>  - Added Reviewed-by and Acked-by tags.
>>
>> v1 can found at [1].
>>
>> Comments are welcome!
> 
> I'm very happy to see support for Raspberry Pi 5 progressing fast
> upstream.
> 
> I've tested the latest mainline kernel (v6.18-rc3) that includes this
> series (except for 1/5 that is replaced by
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250820-macb-fixes-v4-0-23c399429164@bootlin.com/
> as far as I understand). The ethernet controller is successfully
> detected, and so is the PHY. Link status seems to work fine too, but
> data doesn't seem to go through when the kernel tries to get a DHCP
> address (for NFS root). Here's the end of the kernel log (with the
> messages related to the USB controller stripped out):
> 
> [    0.896779] rp1_pci 0002:01:00.0: assign IRQ: got 27
> [    0.896809] rp1_pci 0002:01:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
> [    0.896840] rp1_pci 0002:01:00.0: enabling bus mastering
> [    0.931874] macb 1f00100000.ethernet: invalid hw address, using random
> [    0.944448] macb 1f00100000.ethernet eth0: Cadence GEM rev 0x00070109 at 0x1f00100000 irq 95 (da:2e:6d:9d:52:a4)
> [    0.989067] macb 1f00100000.ethernet eth0: PHY [1f00100000.ethernet-ffffffff:01] driver [Broadcom BCM54210E] (irq=POLL)
> [    0.989272] macb 1f00100000.ethernet eth0: configuring for phy/rgmii-id link mode
> [    0.991271] macb 1f00100000.ethernet: gem-ptp-timer ptp clock registered.
> [    4.039490] macb 1f00100000.ethernet eth0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control tx
> [    4.062589] Sending DHCP requests .....
> [   40.902771] macb 1f00100000.ethernet eth0: Link is Down
> [   43.975334] macb 1f00100000.ethernet eth0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control tx
> 
> I've tried porting patches to drivers/net/phy/broadcom.c from the
> Raspberry Pi kernel to specifically support the BCM54213PE PHY (which is
> otherwise identified as a BCM54210E), but they didn't seem to help.
> 
> What's the status of ethernet support on the Pi 5, is it supposed to
> work upstream, or are there pieces still missing ?
> 

We have this [1] patch queued up, could you give it a try please.

[1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg5889475.html