Gerald, Is there any known fix for this problem besides a physical reset, and can be done from the command line?
Thanks On Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at 2:48:31 PM UTC-5, Gerald wrote: > > I am. My name and contact information is on the cover page of the System > Reference Manual. > > Gerald > > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 7:52 AM, BB-REVC <mr.l...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Could you post the link to the TI thread where this is discussed? >> >> Who is actually involved in choosing parts for the BBB and in adding >> layout changes? I offer sending one of mine BBBs to someone involved in the >> BBB developing process for evaluation purposes if requested. >> >> I mean this behavior is pretty annoying, this morning it took me almost >> 20 attempts to get one BBB running with ethernet. Furthermore I assume that >> many posts in forums related to non-working BBB ethernet may be related to >> this problem. >> >> >> >> >> Am Dienstag, 19. August 2014 14:35:58 UTC+2 schrieb karlka...@gmail.com: >> >>> I found a posting at TIs webbord regarding this problem. There a guy >>> from TI described this as a bug in used PHY. Since the RESET-input of that >>> PHY is not connected to a (switchable) output pin on the BBB, only power >>> of/on helps to workaround this problem. With such a connection a software >>> workaround would have been possible where the PHY is resetted by >>> Ethernet-driver until it reacts as expected. >>> >>> >>> Am Montag, 18. August 2014 14:42:14 UTC+2 schrieb BB-RevC: >>>> >>>> Good day, >>>> >>>> I have several *Beaglebone Black Rev C*. They are connected to my LAN >>>> by using a static IP address. I observed that from time to time connecting >>>> to the Beaglebone Black via ethernet is not possible. >>>> >>>> *I identified the following behavior:* >>>> >>>> The ethernet port has two LEDs, a Green one and an Orange/Yellow one. >>>> If I apply power to the Beaglebone Black I noticed that the green LED >>>> immediately starts to blink. However, the yellow LED stays very often >>>> dark. *It >>>> simply never blinks during the whole boot process of the board*. In >>>> this case ethernet will not be available after booting linux and the board >>>> can not be reached via ethernet. >>>> >>>> *My workaround:* >>>> >>>> >>>> <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ccszPy8rMis/U_Hz2KG6ngI/AAAAAAAAACM/mfEH9GBYDzE/s1600/bb_ethernet.png> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Is this a known respectively a bug? I observed this with several >>>> Beaglebone Black Rev-C from Element 14. I also have 2 Rev-B boards and I >>>> think (currently not 100% sure since these boards are not used at the >>>> moment) that I observed the same behavior. >>>> >>> -- >> 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...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- 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.
