On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 11:40 PM, <g...@gabeknuth.com> wrote: > I've been all over searching for this issue, and while I've found a few > posts that seem to have the same issue around the tubes, I haven't found a > solution. > > I'm a Windows guy by day, so take that for what it's worth :) Here's the > situation: > > New-ish BBB. I've had it for a while, but only just recently started using > it. It's a Rev C, running Debian. uname -a shows 3.88.13-bone50. After I > got the image placed on MMC, I enabled eth0, which was commented out by > default. I briefly got it to grab an IP address via DHCP, but within a > reboot or two I couldn't get an IP address anymore. I tried a static IP, > but couldn't access any resources on my network. I even re-flashed the MMC. >
A few kernel fixes for the phy are not in the may 2014 release, flash via: http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#2014-10-08 > > dmesg shows many occurrences of: > > net eth0: initializing cpsw version 1.12 (0) > net eth0: phy found : id is : 0x7c0f1 > libphy: PHY 4a101000.mdio:01 not found > net eth0: phy 4a101000.mdio:01 not found on slave 1 > IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready > > Additionally, I see this on boot up: > > > <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ltJpUAsWNzE/VEc0Wi8YBCI/AAAAAAAAAKg/XVj_RZ0F2GI/s1600/IMG_5779.JPG> > While the cable is plugged in, both the amber and green lights are on > solid. They come on solid as soon as power is applied, and they turn off > briefly during the boot process, probably for less than a second (and I'm > pretty sure it corresponds to the attached screen shot). > > So I guess I'm at a loss right now. I suppose it could be bad hardware, > but I'm not ready to call it this early. Any help would be MUCH appreciated! > ":01" is the second eth port.. Which is not connected on the bbb. Regards, -- Robert Nelson http://www.rcn-ee.com/ -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.