From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from buildserver.ru.mvista.com (unknown [85.21.88.6]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12E58DDE21 for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:43:38 +1100 (EST) Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 16:44:16 +0300 From: Vitaly Bordug To: Manjunath AM Subject: Re: enabling two eths Message-ID: <20070220164416.5a3906bc@vitb.dev.rtsoft.ru> In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Cc: kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org, linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:51:41 +0530 Manjunath AM wrote: > Hi, > > We are using MPC8272 based target board, we use montavista Linux version > 2.6.10 kernel image (with NFS enabled) to our target board, > > Our board has 2 FCCs (eth0 and eth1). bot the eth's works perfectly when > we use them independently, but when we are trying to enable second one > after the kernel is up using linux command "ifconfig eth1 192.168.33.64 > up"(IP address)nothing is working. > Please suggest how to enable second eth (either 0 or 1) once the kernel is > up with NFS file system > I could recall no problems with mpc8272 except stuck PHY which were cured by board power cycle. I brought up second Ethernet interface a number of times without any problem; even had them replace each other serving as NFS root gate. So I would suggest supplying more information on "nothing is working", prolly kernel output and details about MVL product you are using. -- Sincerely, Vitaly