From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from cambridgebroadband.com (unknown [217.204.121.83]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA82667A5C for ; Fri, 1 Jul 2005 00:33:01 +1000 (EST) Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 15:32:33 +0100 From: Alex Zeffertt To: "Mark Chambers" Message-Id: <20050630153233.42a63bda.ajz@cambridgebroadband.com> In-Reply-To: <006201c57d7c$b36bcb90$0301a8c0@chuck2> References: <006201c57d7c$b36bcb90$0301a8c0@chuck2> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org Subject: Re: eth0 autonegotation 8260 List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , > >We are using a 8260 processor with ELDK 3.1.1, kernel 2.4.25 patched with > >lck1. We have configured the kernel with USE_MDIO > >and LXT971. > >The problem we face is that the boot process stops after displaying the > >configuration of the card: > >eth0: config: autonegotiation on, 100FDX,... > >and after the board seems to freeze. > > > >Can anybody provide some feedback on how to check what can be misconfigured > >or where to look for the error??? > > Check that the interrupt from the LXT971 is configured correctly. > The code is probably waiting for this interrupt to tell it that negotiation > is complete > On a similar note... I've noticed that the fcc_enet driver does not appear to detect when the link goes down, or re-autonegotiate when it comes back up. I wonder if anybody has a fix for this? PS I too am using the ELDK 3.1.1 linux-2.4.25 kernel, but with a PM828 devel board.