On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 12:46:02PM +0100, Philippe De Muyter wrote: > Hi David, > > On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 11:32:49AM +1100, David Gibson wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 11:31:09PM +0100, Philippe De Muyter wrote: > > > Hi Ben, > > > > > > I now have a working linux on my mpc8540 based board, with support for > > > the compactflash disk and the i2c rtc. > > > > > > The network tough, does not work yet. altough the the integrated ethernet > > > controller (FEC) seems to be recognized. Could it be a problem with the > > > phy ? > > > I notice that I do not have an entry for gfar_interrupt in > > > /proc/interrupts > > > on my ethernet-missing linux, while I have one ont the working arch/ppc > > > linux ? > > > Do I need to give the phy type in the dts file, and how ? > > > > > > I would also like to know if it is possible to still get in linux the mac > > > address known by uboot when using a dts file, and how ? > > > > This chiefly depends on whether you're using an old u-boot that > > doesn't know about the device tree, or a new u-boot which itself > > supplies a device tree to the kernel. > > > > If the old u-boot, you'll need to write a bootwrapper for your > > platform which reads the bd_t and pokes the right mac addresses into > > the device tree. > > > > If the new u-boot, u-boot itself should put the address into the > > device tree. If it's not, why it's not is a u-boot question rather > > than a device tree question. > > OK :( > > Now back to the first an bigger problem : > currently, I have an "old" U-boot and I have written myself a dts file. > > Problem is : ethernet does not work, but that's not a mac-address problem, > but something else that I do not understand yet. The symptom is I get > > ip route add default via 192.168.85.33 dev eth0 > RTNETLINK answers: Network is unreachable > > I surmise this is because my eth0 does not become up, and I surmise > again this is because there is no driver selected to drive the phy. > > In my arch/ppc setup this was automagically handled by [EMAIL PROTECTED]:1 > IIRC > > Is there something I can put in my dts file to activate a driver for > my phy ?
Probably, but how phy selection works is dependent on the ethernet driver, so I can't help you. You'll need someone familiar with the driver in question (or read the code and figure it out). -- David Gibson | I'll have my music baroque, and my code david AT gibson.dropbear.id.au | minimalist, thank you. NOT _the_ _other_ | _way_ _around_! http://www.ozlabs.org/~dgibson _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev