[PATCH 1/1] ARM: dts: aspeed: msx4: enable BMC networking via MAC0

From: Ender Hsieh

Date: Tue May 05 2026 - 01:08:32 EST


Add &mac0, &mdio3, and the ethphy3 PHY node to enable BMC networking
on the AST2600-based NVIDIA MSX4 board. The PHY is attached to MDIO3
at address 2 and uses RGMII with PHY-internal delays.

These nodes were intentionally omitted in commit f28674fab34f ("ARM:
dts: aspeed: Add NVIDIA MSX4 HPM") at Andrew Lunn's request, pending
clarification of the RGMII delay handling. Following his guidance on
linux-aspeed, the bootloader has been modified to stop enabling MAC
clock delays on the SoC side, so phy-mode = "rgmii-id" correctly
results in the PHY adding the required ~2ns delay without any
double-delay from the MAC controller.

The corresponding U-Boot change has been submitted to openbmc/u-boot.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/eac09481-0ba1-4ac2-ad8c-d859822ff0d5@xxxxxxx
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260504044702.2613879-1-andhsieh@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Marc Olberding <molberding@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ender Hsieh <andhsieh@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../dts/aspeed/aspeed-bmc-nvidia-msx4-bmc.dts | 15 +++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed/aspeed-bmc-nvidia-msx4-bmc.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed/aspeed-bmc-nvidia-msx4-bmc.dts
index a12d4164de4a..29f56176e2ca 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed/aspeed-bmc-nvidia-msx4-bmc.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed/aspeed-bmc-nvidia-msx4-bmc.dts
@@ -208,6 +208,21 @@ &lpc_reset {
status = "okay";
};

+&mac0 {
+ phy-mode = "rgmii-id";
+ phy-handle = <&ethphy3>;
+ status = "okay";
+};
+
+&mdio3 {
+ status = "okay";
+
+ ethphy3: ethernet-phy@2 {
+ compatible = "ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c22";
+ reg = <2>;
+ };
+};
+
&rtc {
status = "okay";
};
--
2.34.1