linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.4 05/24] arm64: dts: amlogic: meson-g12: use the G12A specific dwmac compatible

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Date:   Sun, 8 Nov 2020 08:21:34 -0500
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>,
        Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.4 05/24] arm64: dts: amlogic: meson-g12: use
 the G12A specific dwmac compatible

On Tue, Nov 03, 2020 at 06:53:17AM +0100, Martin Blumenstingl wrote:
>Hi Sasha,
>
>On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 2:20 AM Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org> wrote:
>>
>> From: Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>
>>
>> [ Upstream commit 1fdc97ae450ede2b4911d6737a57e6fca63b5f4a ]
>>
>> We have a dedicated "amlogic,meson-g12a-dwmac" compatible string for the
>> Ethernet controller since commit 3efdb92426bf4 ("dt-bindings: net:
>> dwmac-meson: Add a compatible string for G12A onwards").
>> Using the AXG compatible string worked fine so far because the
>> dwmac-meson8b driver doesn't handle the newly introduced register bits
>> for G12A. However, once that changes the driver must be probed with the
>> correct compatible string to manage these new register bits.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>
>> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200925211743.537496-1-martin.blumenstingl@googlemail.com
>> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
>if this patch will be included in 5.4-stable then please also backport
>the following two commits:
>- 3efdb92426bf4 ("dt-bindings: net: dwmac-meson: Add a compatible
>string for G12A onwards")
>- a4f63342d03d2d ("net: stmmac: dwmac-meson8b: add a compatible string
>for G12A SoCs")
>
>Without these above two commits we'll lose Ethernet connectivity
>because there's no G12A compatible string in 5.4 yet
>
>The quick solution would be to not backport this patch because the
>driver in question doesn't do anything with the new compatible string
>yet.

I'll drop it from older branches that don't have those commits, thanks!

-- 
Thanks,
Sasha