Ethernet not working on SOPINE module
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I just upgraded (using a fresh image with the 5.69 image) one of my SOPINE A64 modules from Armbian Xenial - legacy kernel 3.10.y to Armbian Bionic - mainline kernel 4.19.y. The onboard ethernet will no longer work. The sopine module is connected to a clusterboard instead of a sopine baseboard, but the NIC is on the module so it should not make a difference.
On Xenial 3.10.y kernel the driver loaded for the NIC i
This appears to be the same issue that was fixed for the Legacy kernel, but not carried forward.
Two fixed are possible - add a "tx-delay" in the DTB or a fix some constants in the Realtek driver. I've confirmed that the DTB fix corrects the issue.
Add
allwinner,tx-delay-ps = <500>;
to the ethernet device and it works. Continues to work when soPine is plugged into the baseboard instead of the clusterboard.
Detail on the more comple