Ethernet through the dock?

[scholbert]

Hi Diagon,

give us at least some information about your kernel running on Mobian in comparison to Manjaro (uname -a).
Tell us which modules got loaded when you got a working LAN (lsmod).
What are the kernel messages if it fails (dmesg)?

Try to give some answers here as well...

Ok, but oddly none of my tests worked with Mobian Plasma, while they did with Phosh. (?)

It should not rely on Plasma or Phosh to get a working LAN...
Maybe there's some setup missing with your Plasma configuration or the kernel is different.
Anyway try to sort things out without mixing up... so maybe we need the exact version of your OS then.

Is there a way that these various projects are passing developments "upstream," as with the x86 kernel?  Can we expect this to be merged soon?

Yeah sure it would be awesome if we could put it all upstream... but it's a long way to get everything patched in for Pinephone accepted by the mainline guys, i guess.
The Pinephone is still a new platform and the kernel implementation has gone better and better.
We need some polish though.
O.k. i must say, it would be nice, if there would be a distribution independent team, which could coordinate all the low level stuff (e.g. u-boot, crust, kernel).

I have configured & compiled a kernel with Gentoo once, and I see there is some info on gentoo for Pinephone.  That might offer a route to a working kernel. [...]

I also ordered yet another dock from eBay.  The one @dukla2000 mentioned as working for him on Mobian.  I'll report back when I get it.

Good luck with that!

Not sure if i could help you out on this, sorry!
Regards,
scholbert