nrf5340 Ethernet and BLE Mesh coexist

Setup:

HW:
Fanstel-WT02C40C (nrf5340/7002)
WIZ5500 ethernet

Versions tested:
ncs-v2.6.0
ncs-v2.5.2
ncs-v2.4.2

Issue:

When attempting to integrate Ethernet and BLE I'm running into an issue where DHCP fails to start the iface on the versions listed above, when introducing CONFIG_BT=y into my system.

I have a working implementation for both my BLE Mesh and for Ethernet, which failed when integrating together so I decided to start piecemeal it together slowly, and on the first step of adding CONFIG_BT=y to my project, is when DHCP begins failing to start Ethernet.



.overlay

&spi4 {
    w5500: w5500@0 {
        compatible = "wiznet,w5500";
        reg = <0>;
        spi-max-frequency = <10000000>;
        zephyr,random-mac-address;
        int-gpios = <&gpio0 7 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
        reset-gpios = <&gpio1 5 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
    };
};


.conf
# === Ethernet
CONFIG_NETWORKING=y
CONFIG_NET_IPV4=y
CONFIG_NET_IPV6=n
CONFIG_NET_DHCPV4=y
CONFIG_NET_LOG=y
CONFIG_NET_SHELL=y
CONFIG_NET_STATISTICS=y
CONFIG_DNS_RESOLVER=y
CONFIG_NET_L2_ETHERNET=y
CONFIG_ETHERNET_LOG_LEVEL_DBG=y
CONFIG_NET_L2_ETHERNET_LOG_LEVEL_DBG=y
CONFIG_NET_DHCPV4_LOG_LEVEL_DBG=y
CONFIG_NET_L2_ETHERNET_MGMT=y
CONFIG_ETH_W5500=y
CONFIG_ETH_W5500_TIMEOUT=1000
CONFIG_NET_MGMT=y



Code:

    struct net_if *iface;
    iface = net_if_get_default();
    if (iface == NULL) {
        printk("Error getting default network interface.\n");
        return;
    }

    // Link status callback handler
    net_mgmt_init_event_callback(&cb, net_mgmt_handler, NET_EVENT_ETHERNET_CARRIER_ON | NET_EVENT_ETHERNET_CARRIER_OFF);
    net_mgmt_add_event_callback(&cb);

    // Start DHCP
    net_dhcpv4_start(iface);



I also need to add WiFi to it, but that's another bridge to be crossed after dealing with this.

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  • Noted, thank you for providing me with this. I'll look closer into your reply but I won't be able to give you a reply before earliest next week as I'm currently out of office. In the meanwhile, let me know if the zephyr issue gets you anywhere before then


    Kind regards,
    Andreas

  • Hi Wade,

    I've followed the zephyr issue you've made and it looks to me you will get better help there than here (the ethernet support comes from Zephyr through the w5500 so the expertise on the topic is more present on their end).

    I will leave the case open and keep monitoring the zephyr issue, so I recommend you keep pushing there if you've not already resolved it. Apologies for not being more of help than this.

    Kind regards,
    Andreas

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