On Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at 03:47:58PM +0200, Vincent Jardin wrote: >ldpaa_eth_bind() returned -EINVAL for a DPMAC node without >phy-connection-type. > >That is not "skip this device", it is "the tree is broken": >the DM core propagates it out of lists_bind_fdt() and >dm_scan_fdt(), initr_dm() fails, and U-Boot stops before the prompt with > > ldpaa_eth ethernet@1: incorrect phy mode > initcall_run_r(): initcall initr_dm() failed > ### ERROR ### Please RESET the board ### > >for a MAC nobody asked U-Boot to drive. > >Why it matters: device trees imported from Linux enable >every DPMAC and leave the phy description to the board file, because the >kernel's dpaa2 driver does not need one for an MC-managed MAC. U-Boot's >own Layerscape .dtsi instead ships all eighteen disabled for the board to >opt into. So the moment a board takes its SoC description from >dts/upstream, every DPMAC it does not configure in U-Boot is enabled and >unconfigured, and one of them is enough to stop the boot. > >Signed-off-by: Vincent Jardin <[email protected]> >
Acked-by: Peng Fan <[email protected]>
