[U-Boot-Users] eth0 not geting enabled

Ben Warren
2008-06-02T18:29:25Z

Avinash Vijayvergia wrote:
> Hi there
>
> I am working on at91sam9260ek. I have put kernel and rfs on dataflash.
> Now this board boots up but doesn't enable eth0. I searched net and
> found that if I do a ping it enables phy (MD9161A). But if I do that
> when there is no network u-boot never recovers. Can someone tell me
> the way out. It is successful when network is available, though.
What do you mean by 'u-boot never recovers'? It should time out if you
try a network operation and are not connected to anything useful.

regards,
Ben