Re: [PATCH 3/5] arm64: dts: allwinner: a523: Add EMAC0 ethernet MAC

[Yixun Lan <dlan@gentoo.org>]

Hi Andre,

On 01:43 Thu 24 Apr     , Andre Przywara wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Apr 2025 22:03:24 +0800
> Yixun Lan <dlan@gentoo.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Yixun,
> 
> thanks for sending those patches!
> 
> > Add EMAC0 ethernet MAC support which found on A523 variant SoCs,
> > including the A527/T527 chips.
> 
> maybe add here that MAC0 is compatible to the A64, and requires an
> external PHY. And that we only add the RGMII pins for now.
> 
ok

> > Signed-off-by: Yixun Lan <dlan@gentoo.org>
> > ---
> >  arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun55i-a523.dtsi | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 42 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun55i-a523.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun55i-a523.dtsi
> > index ee485899ba0af69f32727a53de20051a2e31be1d..c3ba2146c4b45f72c2a5633ec434740d681a21fb 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun55i-a523.dtsi
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun55i-a523.dtsi
> > @@ -126,6 +126,17 @@ pio: pinctrl@2000000 {
> >  			interrupt-controller;
> >  			#interrupt-cells = <3>;
> >  
> > +			emac0_pins: emac0-pins {
> 
> Both the alias and the node name should contain rgmii instead of emac0,
> as the other SoCs do, I think:
> 			rgmii0_pins: rgmii0-pins {
> 
ok
> > +				pins = "PH0", "PH1", "PH2", "PH3",
> > +					"PH4", "PH5", "PH6", "PH7",
> > +					"PH9", "PH10","PH13","PH14",
> > +					"PH15","PH16","PH17","PH18";
> 
> I think there should be a space behind each comma, and the
> first quotation marks in each line should align.
> 
will do

> PH13 is EPHY-25M, that's the (optional) 25 MHz output clock pin, for
> PHYs without a crystal. That's not controlled by the MAC, so I would
> leave it out of this list, as also both the Avaota and the Radxa don't
> need it. If there will be a user, they can add this separately.
> 
make sense

> > +				allwinner,pinmux = <5>;
> > +				function = "emac0";
> > +				drive-strength = <40>;
> > +				bias-pull-up;
> 
> Shouldn't this be push-pull, so no pull-up?
> 
will drop

> The rest looks correct, when compared to the A523 manual.
> 
thanks for review

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Yixun Lan (dlan)