Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/6] dt-bindings: net: ftgmac100: Add AST2700 compatible

[Conor Dooley]

On Thu, Oct 15, 2026 at 02:46:53PM +0800, Jacky Chou wrote:
> Add AST2700 to the FTGMAC100 compatible list and document that its
> RMII RCLK gate matches the earlier Aspeed SoCs. Allow the reset line for
> AST2700 as it follows the same reset requirements as AST2600.
> 
> Require "phy-mode" to be present in the device tree when the AST2700
> compatible is used, matching the driver's probe-time requirement.
> 
> Make aspeed,ast2700-mac a standalone compatible instead of pairing it
> with the generic "faraday,ftgmac100" fallback: if a node ever bound
> through the generic entry alone, ftgmac100_probe() would set
> rxdes0_edorr_mask/txdes0_edotr_mask to BIT(15) instead of the Aspeed
> BIT(30), skip Aspeed clock setup, and leave the DMA mask too narrow.
> 
> The existing aspeed,ast2400-mac, aspeed,ast2500-mac, and
> aspeed,ast2600-mac compatibles have the same structural problem: they
> are currently only valid when paired with "faraday,ftgmac100", and a
> node that bound through the generic entry alone would hit the same
> BIT(15) vs BIT(30) mismatch. Give them the same standalone treatment as
> AST2700, so none of the Aspeed compatibles require the generic fallback
> alongside them.

This needs to be two commits. One fixing the existing devices and one
adding the new one.

> ftgmac100_of_match[] has had dedicated entries for AST2400, AST2500,
> and AST2600 since commit 03a2aba50b2c ("net: ftgmac100: List all
> compatibles"), so there is no known kernel + devicetree combination
> where a node has actually bound through the generic entry and gotten
> the wrong EDORR bit. This part is a binding correctness fix, not a fix
> for an observed failure.

> Note that arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed/aspeed-g4.dtsi, aspeed-g5.dtsi, and
> aspeed-g6.dtsi still declare their MAC nodes with the two-string
> "aspeed,astXXXX-mac", "faraday,ftgmac100" compatible, so this will make
> dtbs_check warn against those files until the redundant fallback
> compatible is dropped there as well. That .dtsi change will be sent as
> a separate series through the Aspeed/arm-soc tree, since dt-bindings
> changes don't go through that tree.

This should be below the --- line or not even included in the patch.

pw-bot: changes-requested

Thanks,
Conor.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Jacky Chou <jacky_chou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  .../devicetree/bindings/net/faraday,ftgmac100.yaml | 26 ++++++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/faraday,ftgmac100.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/faraday,ftgmac100.yaml
> index d14410018bcf..0a376b849a91 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/faraday,ftgmac100.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/faraday,ftgmac100.yaml
> @@ -13,12 +13,11 @@ properties:
>    compatible:
>      oneOf:
>        - const: faraday,ftgmac100
> -      - items:
> -          - enum:
> -              - aspeed,ast2400-mac
> -              - aspeed,ast2500-mac
> -              - aspeed,ast2600-mac
> -          - const: faraday,ftgmac100
> +      - enum:
> +          - aspeed,ast2400-mac
> +          - aspeed,ast2500-mac
> +          - aspeed,ast2600-mac
> +          - aspeed,ast2700-mac
>  
>    reg:
>      maxItems: 1
> @@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ properties:
>      minItems: 1
>      items:
>        - description: MAC IP clock
> -      - description: RMII RCLK gate for AST2500/2600
> +      - description: RMII RCLK gate for AST2500/2600/2700
>  
>    resets:
>      maxItems: 1
> @@ -82,26 +81,35 @@ allOf:
>            contains:
>              enum:
>                - aspeed,ast2600-mac
> +              - aspeed,ast2700-mac
>      then:
>        properties:
>          resets: true
>      else:
>        properties:
>          resets: false
> +  - if:
> +      properties:
> +        compatible:
> +          contains:
> +            const: aspeed,ast2700-mac
> +    then:
> +      required:
> +        - phy-mode
>  
>  unevaluatedProperties: false
>  
>  examples:
>    - |
>      ethernet@1e660000 {
> -        compatible = "aspeed,ast2500-mac", "faraday,ftgmac100";
> +        compatible = "aspeed,ast2500-mac";
>          reg = <0x1e660000 0x180>;
>          interrupts = <2>;
>          use-ncsi;
>      };
>  
>      ethernet@1e680000 {
> -        compatible = "aspeed,ast2500-mac", "faraday,ftgmac100";
> +        compatible = "aspeed,ast2500-mac";
>          reg = <0x1e680000 0x180>;
>          interrupts = <2>;
>  
> 
> -- 
> 2.34.1
>

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