[U-Boot] Defer net initialization

Wolfgang Denk
2010-06-01T10:46:03Z

Dear Alexander Stein,

In message <201006011214.46804.alexander.stein@systec-electronic.com> you wrote:
>
> The problem was a defined CONFIG_RESET_PHY_R. Inside reset_phy
> > eth_init(gd->bd);
> is called which actually starts the hardwre resulting in timeouts as
> described. According to the comment above this line (seems to be copied to
> every at91 board implementation) this is only needed if linux has a NFS root
> which needs a preinitialized ethernet device.

I don't know this driver, but I smell that the comment might actually
be wrong or at least misleading - most likely no PHY reset is needed
here but a MAC address needs to be programmed into the controller -
which brings us back to the start of this discussion. [And note that
you still might need this when you want to use the ethernet interface
in Linux].

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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