[BPI-R4 Pro] General questions & Mainline

Banana Pi Router design BPI-R4/BPI-R4 Pro(MT7988)
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:laughing: Nice do you know if WED works on other distros ? I didn’t even know I could run other distros on banana pi that work around the Mediatek MT7996 WIFi7 development issues.

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[][kerne/kernel-6.6/kernel-6.12][mt7988][eth][Update AN8831X 10G PHY driver to 1.9.2]

[Description] Update AN8831X 10G PHY driver to 1.9.2.

Changes from Firmware Version 1.9.1:

  1. [firmware] 10G performance is optimized for non-standard RJ45 with Wi-Fi filter.
  2. [firmware] 10G performance is optimized for non-standard CAT5E RJ45 connector.
  3. [firmware] anti-Wi-Fi interference capabilities are optimized.
  4. [firmware] IOP performance is improved.
  5. [firmweare/GUI] SerDes eye pattern is added.
  6. [driver]: PHY log reading function is implemented in driver.
  7. [firmware/driver]: 10G/non-10G LED feature is implemented. (note: firmware 1.9.2 depends on driver 1.9.2)
  8. [firmware] auto crossover issue of force 100M mode and parallel detection issue are fixed.

[Release-log] N/A

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does this only apply to the R4 Pro? or also to the non-pro? I have a R4 and wondering if i could simply replace the .bin

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Hi oli, the r4 doesn’t have the aeonsemi 10g phy. this is r4-pro specific as the entire thread is.

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Yeah,but sdk changed to an larger driver with debug parts. So not upstreamable and i found no time yet to analyse differences in core. For upstream openwrt and mainline linux we have to first get ethmux (phy port series from maxime as base) complete.

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I haven’t checked. You’ll probably be using frank-w’s kernels in that case so feel free to check the commit log for the WED patches. :slight_smile:

I use mine as a wired router, which is also what I recommend to others, so I simply haven’t cared enough about WED to check what patches are needed for that feature. :slight_smile:

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This looks good. Maybe I should contact BPI and ask if they can add this patch.

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Hi everyone!

I don’t want to spam the PR comments on GitHub, but could you please share with the community and everyone waiting what stage this PR is currently at? Are there any specific issues or blockers you’ve run into, and is it expected that the WIP/draft label might be removed in the near future?

We really appreciate all the work you’re doing on the mainline branch and are keeping our fingers crossed

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Don’t expect that to be merged and hence have mainline openwrt support earlier than June.

There are critical missing parts in the Linux kernel that will take time to be developed and than back ported. So take a seat an stick with the sinovoip or mediatek code/builds

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Hello, Back again. Just put my entire home lab through extensive testing and i’m happy to see the bpi r4 pro maxing out it’s internal inband USXGMII 10 gigabit connection without exploding.

However… This is only through the maxlinear switch.
If i connect my PC to the 10 gigabit rj45 port then run a simple iperf3 test the bpi completely craps out and only does a few megabits/s if any
That can be “fixed” by setting scatter gather off on eth2, Then the bpi can do up to a gigabit of TX throughput and link speed RX (In my case my pc has a 5 gigabit port so 5 gigabit)
That sadly has the downside of completely nuking any high bandwidth traffic on the maxlinear switch

Any ideas?
I wanna put the blame on the fact my PC has a 5 gigabit port and the 10 gigabit port on the bpi is running at an unsupported/unadvertised speed, Could be wrong though, Lmk

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It would be better creating a new topic with telling you used image (bpi,openwrt with/without sdk,…) and exact port…

There are known issues with the phy chip (rj45 port on both combo). Lan combo is behind mxl switch,wan combo directly on mtk mac.

Specific question in this general thread leading to confusion.

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