linux device driver for ethernet

Efinix-Inc / br2-efinix

Buildroot external tree for building Linux for Efinix RISC-V Sapphire SoC

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linux device driver for ethernet #10

Open hedleyd opened 1 year ago

hedleyd commented 1 year ago

My T120F324 dev kit uses a DM9119 phy with the TSEMAC for IP connectivity My T160 dev kit requires a plug in phy daughter card using a Realtek 8211FD for ethernet , again with the TSEMAC.

Question : are there any plans to enable and implement TCP/IP functionality on Linux for these boards and if so is there a rough timeline ?.

I ask this as TCP/IP connectivity , with Linux running on a softcore RISC-V on an Efinix FPGA is an essential prerequisite for ' design in ' of the Efinix chip.

cagrimkahraman commented 1 year ago

they answed on #2 issue.

hedleyd commented 1 year ago

Previous posts indicated a Linux Driver expected Q1 2023 , now end of Q2 . If this has been dropped please advise so that we can discontinue the Efinix route . Our product mandates internet connection to AWS for an Efinix based AI edge device . So sans Ethernet on Efinix we can not run TCP/Ip stack , so would have to look to a Rockchip solution .