[U-Boot-Users] 4xx ethernet bringup

[Stefan Roese <sr@denx.de>]

Hi Shami,

On Thursday 20 December 2007, shami Allam wrote:
>   I assigned the ethaddr as 192.168.13.246 and after that i run the command
> "saveenv " and reset the board.

As Wolfgang already mentioned, this is *not* an ethernet address but an IP 
address.

> I got the following Net: ppc_4xx_eth0. once 
> i get the shell prompt i assign the ipaddr as 192.168.13.241 and after that
> i run the command "saveenv" and reset the board. Now i tried to ping my
> Host PC which has the IP address as 192.168.13.240, i am getting the
> following error.....I am not able to ping the host IP. Can you please show
> some way to come of this issue..... => ping 192.168.13.240
> Trying ppc_4xx_eth0
> PHY speed read failed, assuming 10bT
> PHY duplex read failed, assuming half duplex
> ENET Speed is 10 Mbps - HALF duplex connection

Did you configure the PHY address correctly? What does "mii info" show? how 
did you configure the PHY address in your board config file?

Best regards,
Stefan

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