[PATCH] arm64: dts: allwinner: sun50i-a64-olinuxino: Add RX delay
Andrew Lunn
andrew at lunn.ch
Wed Aug 19 06:48:03 PDT 2026
On Sat, Aug 15, 2026 at 03:53:16AM +0300, Roman Riabenko wrote:
> The Ethernet on Olimex A64-OlinuXino computers requires an RX delay
> greater than 0. If the value is not set or is 0, packet loss in the
> downlink direction is severe enough to interfere with downloads and
> disrupt software installation.
>
> The range of acceptable values is wide. The vendor has been applying
> 200 ps in its downstream DTs since 2021. This patch matches that
> common practice.
>
> Signed-off-by: Roman Riabenko <roman at riabenko.com>
> ---
> arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun50i-a64-olinuxino.dts | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun50i-a64-olinuxino.dts b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun50i-a64-olinuxino.dts
> index fd3794678c33..6c8b79c257b9 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun50i-a64-olinuxino.dts
> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun50i-a64-olinuxino.dts
> @@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ &emac {
> phy-handle = <&ext_rgmii_phy>;
> phy-supply = <®_dcdc1>;
> allwinner,tx-delay-ps = <600>;
> + allwinner,rx-delay-ps = <200>;
> status = "okay";
> };
The full node is:
&emac {
pinctrl-names = "default";
pinctrl-0 = <&rgmii_pins>;
phy-mode = "rgmii";
phy-handle = <&ext_rgmii_phy>;
phy-supply = <®_dcdc1>;
allwinner,tx-delay-ps = <600>;
status = "okay";
};
Please take a read of:
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.15/source/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml#L287
phy-mode of "rgmii" is questionable. Does the PCB have extra long
clock lines?
600/200ps is actually very small. It should be around 2000.
Andrew
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