On Monday 26 November 2007, Steven A. Falco wrote: > I have noticed odd behavior on a Sequoia board. Kernel is built from > DENX git, ARCH=powerpc, 2.6.23.1. > > Sequence that works: > 1) In u-boot, do "dhcp" (this initializes the PHY) > 2) Boot linux from flash > 3) ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.101 netmask 255.255.255.0 up > Ethernet is now functional, and I can ping the Sequoia (and it can ping > my host) > > Sequence that does not work: > 1) Boot linux from flash without letting u-boot touch eth0 > 2) ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.101 netmask 255.255.255.0 up > Ethernet appears to come up, but it is not functional. I.e. I get > "eth0: link is up, 100 FDX, pause enabled" but I cannot ping the board, > and the board cannot ping my host.
Do you have a 100MBit connection? Or Gbit? Could you please send the complete bootlog. > So, the kernel appears to be missing some initialization that u-boot > provides. > > However, eth1 is more strange. U-boot can use it (via "setenv ethact > ppc_4xx_eth1;dhcp"), however, the kernel cannot use it, whether or not > u-boot first initializes it. > > If anyone has suggestions on where to look, I'd appreciate it. I'm > going to look at the PHY register settings and see if there are any > clues there... Again it would be interesting to see the bootlog here. Best regards, Stefan ===================================================================== DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: +49-8142-66989-0 Fax: +49-8142-66989-80 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===================================================================== _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
