I am not sure if things have changed. I bought a new Orange Pi 5 plus, tried both Armbian_23.8.2_Orangepi5-plus_bookworm_legacy_5.10.160.img.xz and Armbian_23.8.2_Orangepi5-plus_jammy_legacy_5.10.160.img.xz from https://mirror-us-phx1.armbian.airframes.io/dl/orangepi5-plus/archive/ but it doesn't show hardware ptp:
Capabilities:
software-transmit
software-receive
software-system-clock
PTP Hardware Clock: none
Hardware Transmit Timestamp Modes: none
Hardware Receive Filter Modes: none
I am wondering if the Realtek driver included in legacy kernel 5.10.160 has disabled hardware PTP like mentioned in this post: https://serverfault.com/questions/1078760/ptp-support-for-rtl8125b-cg-nic-in-ubuntu-20-04 @royk is this something you could try with the latest Armbian_23.8.x and legacy kernel 5.10.160? If the hardware ptp disappears, we know it is the kernel Realtek driver issue. Otherwise, it may be because Orange Pi changed the underline NIC hardware for the latest production batch.