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arm64: dts: ti: k3-am62-phycore-som: Enable cpsw_mac_syscon in U-Boot

PATCH In review Daniel Schultz 3 participants 5 messages Nov 24, 2025 – Dec 16, 2025

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PATCH v2 1/2 arm64: dts: ti: k3-am62-phycore-som: Enable cpsw_mac_syscon in U-Boot

Add the "bootph-all" property to cpsw_mac_syscon.

This fuse region contains the internal MAC address. Without this syscon node enabled, this interface will get a random MAC during network boot. This is problematic because the AM62x network boot is using BOOTP protocol for some binaries and this protocol does not support dynamic lease expiration. Therefore, the DHCP server can run out of free IP addresses.

---
Changes in v2:
Moved changes from k2-am62-main.dsti to k3-am62-phycore-som.dtsi

 arch/arm64/boot/dts/ti/k3-am62-phycore-som.dtsi | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
arch/arm64/boot/dts/ti/k3-am62-phycore-som.dtsi +4 -0
index eeca643fedbe..beeac481e683 100644
@@ -219,6 +219,10 @@ &cpsw_port1 {
 	bootph-all;
 };
 
+&cpsw_mac_syscon {
+	bootph-all;
+};
+
 &cpsw3g_mdio {
 	pinctrl-names = "default";
 	pinctrl-0 = <&main_mdio1_pins_default>;
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PATCH v2 2/2 arm64: dts: ti: k3-am62a-phycore-som: Enable cpsw_mac_syscon in U-Boot

Add the "bootph-all" property to cpsw_mac_syscon.

This fuse region contains the internal MAC address. Without this syscon node enabled, this interface will get a random MAC during network boot. This is problematic because the AM62Ax network boot is using BOOTP protocol for some binaries and this protocol does not support dynamic lease expiration. Therefore, the DHCP server can run out of free IP addresses.

---
Changes in v2:
Moved changes from k2-am62a-main.dsti to k3-am62a-phycore-som.dtsi

 arch/arm64/boot/dts/ti/k3-am62a-phycore-som.dtsi | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
arch/arm64/boot/dts/ti/k3-am62a-phycore-som.dtsi +5 -0
index b3d012a5a26a..7f00576a4bd2 100644
@@ -197,6 +197,11 @@ &cpsw_port1 {
 	bootph-all;
 };
 
+
+&cpsw_mac_syscon {
+	bootph-all;
+};
+
 &cpsw3g_mdio {
 	pinctrl-names = "default";
 	pinctrl-0 = <&main_mdio1_pins_default>;
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Reviewed-by on v2 2/2
#2 lore raw

Re: [Upstream] [PATCH v2 2/2] arm64: dts: ti: k3-am62a-phycore-som: Enable cpsw_mac_syscon in U-Boot

Quoted 10 lines · Daniel Schultz

Add the "bootph-all" property to cpsw_mac_syscon.

This fuse region contains the internal MAC address. Without this syscon node enabled, this interface will get a random MAC during network boot. This is problematic because the AM62Ax network boot is using BOOTP protocol for some binaries and this protocol does not support dynamic lease expiration. Therefore, the DHCP server can run out of free IP addresses.

Quoted 23 lines

---
Changes in v2:
Moved changes from k2-am62a-main.dsti to k3-am62a-phycore-som.dtsi

  arch/arm64/boot/dts/ti/k3-am62a-phycore-som.dtsi | 5 +++++
  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
arch/arm64/boot/dts/ti/k3-am62a-phycore-som.dtsi +5 -0
index b3d012a5a26a..7f00576a4bd2 100644
@@ -197,6 +197,11 @@ &cpsw_port1 {
  	bootph-all;
  };
 
+
+&cpsw_mac_syscon {
+	bootph-all;
+};
+
  &cpsw3g_mdio {
  	pinctrl-names = "default";
  	pinctrl-0 = <&main_mdio1_pins_default>;
Reviewed-by on v2 1/2
#3 lore raw
In reply to Daniel Schultz
Quoted 10 lines · Daniel Schultz

Add the "bootph-all" property to cpsw_mac_syscon.

This fuse region contains the internal MAC address. Without this syscon node enabled, this interface will get a random MAC during network boot. This is problematic because the AM62x network boot is using BOOTP protocol for some binaries and this protocol does not support dynamic lease expiration. Therefore, the DHCP server can run out of free IP addresses.

Quoted 24 lines

---
Changes in v2:
Moved changes from k2-am62-main.dsti to k3-am62-phycore-som.dtsi

  arch/arm64/boot/dts/ti/k3-am62-phycore-som.dtsi | 4 ++++
  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
arch/arm64/boot/dts/ti/k3-am62-phycore-som.dtsi +4 -0
index eeca643fedbe..beeac481e683 100644
@@ -219,6 +219,10 @@ &cpsw_port1 {
  	bootph-all;
  };
 
+&cpsw_mac_syscon {
+	bootph-all;
+};
 
 
+
  &cpsw3g_mdio {
  	pinctrl-names = "default";
  	pinctrl-0 = <&main_mdio1_pins_default>;
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#4 lore raw
In reply to Daniel Schultz

Hi Daniel Schultz,

Quoted 10 lines · Daniel Schultz

Add the "bootph-all" property to cpsw_mac_syscon.

This fuse region contains the internal MAC address. Without this syscon node enabled, this interface will get a random MAC during network boot. This is problematic because the AM62x network boot is using BOOTP protocol for some binaries and this protocol does not support dynamic lease expiration. Therefore, the DHCP server can run out of free IP addresses.

[...]

I have applied the following to branch ti-k3-dts-next on [1] with cosmetic fixups. Thank you!

[1/2] arm64: dts: ti: k3-am62-phycore-som: Enable cpsw_mac_syscon in U-Boot

      commit: d468b7b8a6fe3d21df5a186d04f9d6124ef66d4d
[2/2] arm64: dts: ti: k3-am62a-phycore-som: Enable cpsw_mac_syscon in U-Boot
      commit: a9bd8d35a88e0bf72ebf5a803eb4c7f8e4731e3e

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[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ti/linux.git

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