Re: [PATCH v1 3/3] ARM: dts: bcm2711: Enable GENET support for the RPi4

From: Stefan Wahren
Date: Sat Oct 12 2019 - 13:10:59 EST


Am 12.10.19 um 01:09 schrieb Stefan Wahren:
> Am 11.10.19 um 20:48 schrieb matthias.bgg@xxxxxxxxxx:
>> From: Matthias Brugger <mbrugger@xxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Enable Gigabit Ethernet support on the Raspberry Pi 4
>> Model B.
> I asked some questions about genet to the RPi guys [1] which are
> relevant to this patch (missing clocks and interrupt, MAC address
> assignment) but i didn't get an answer yet.
>
> During my tests with a similiar patch series i noticed that the driver
> won't probe without a MAC address.
>
> How does it get into DT (via U-Boot)?
Okay, the bootloader uses the ethernet0 alias for the genet DT node. So
this should also be added to the RPi 4 DTS. But i consider the MAC
randomize patch still helpful.
>
> [1] -
> https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/3101#issuecomment-534665860
>