[Buildroot] [PATCH/next 4/5] solidrun/macchiatobin: add new board

[Sergey Matyukevich]

Hi Antoine,

Thanks for the update on upstream status of this board.

> > By the way, could you please advise how to switch eth0
> > from SFP to RJ45 when using mainline kernel 4.14 ?
> 
> You need to apply the dt patches I provided. You should then be able to
> use eth0 and eth1 with either an SFP or an RJ45 cable, depending on
> what's (dynamically) connected. To sum up, you just need to plugin
> either the SFP or the RJ45 cable to start using the interface in the
> right mode. You can switch from one to the other without rebooting the
> board.
> 
> To get this board supported in Buildroot with an upstream kernel, I
> would suggest to put the device tree patches I gave you, so that the
> kernel can not rely on the bootloader configuration. And as soon as 4.15
> is out the patches can be removed from Buildroot.

With those 3 dts patches J5 management interface is working fine
even with upstream U-Boot. So I will add those patches to board
files for the time being, just to enable network access to the board
right out of the box.

Regards,
Sergey