[U-Boot] [PATCH] mx28evk: Convert to phylib framework

Marek Vasut marex at denx.de
Fri Jul 12 13:48:03 CEST 2013


Dear Alexandre Pereira da Silva,

> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 1:58 AM, Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de> wrote:
> > Dear Fabio Estevam,
> > 
> >> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 1:40 AM, Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de> wrote:
> >> > Dear Fabio Estevam,
> >> > 
> >> >> From: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam at freescale.com>
> >> >> 
> >> >> mx28evk has a LAN8270 ethernet phy and we can use the phylib
> >> >> framework.
> >> >> 
> >> >> One of the advantages of converting to phylib is that we no longer
> >> >> see a timeout prior to the first transfer in the 'tftp' command.
> >> >> 
> >> >> Signed-off-by: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam at freescale.com>
> >> >> ---
> >> >> After applying this patch I get:
> >> >> 
> >> >> U-Boot 2013.04-11810-gd6d75ec-dirty (Jul 12 2013 - 01:15:03)
> >> >> 
> >> >> CPU:   Freescale i.MX28 rev1.2 at 454 MHz
> >> >> BOOT:  SSP SD/MMC #0, 3V3
> >> >> DRAM:  128 MiB
> >> >> MMC:   MXS MMC: 0
> >> >> Video: MXSFB: 'videomode' variable not set!
> >> >> In:    serial
> >> >> Out:   serial
> >> >> Err:   serial
> >> >> Net:   Phy not found
> >> >> 
> >> >> I still get this 'Phy not found' message, but I think this is not
> >> >> related to the board code.
> >> > 
> >> > This is because PHYlib doesn't know your PHY. You might need to add a
> >> > definition for it into drivers/net/phy/smsc.c
> >> 
> >> mx28evk uses a LAN8270.
> >> 
> >> drivers/net/phy/smsc.c has an entry for "SMSC LAN8710/LAN8720", so not
> >> sure why it fails to recognize it.
> >> I haven't debugged it yet.
> >> 
> >> Which phy does sc_sps_1.h use? Is it also a 8720? Is the phy recognized
> >> on boot?
> > 
> > I think it's 8720 , but it's recognised , yes. Are you sure the PHY
> > addresses are correct ? You can dig into phylib a bit and see what IDs
> > does it report.
> 
> I think Fabio needs to define CONFIG_PHY_SMSC and use PHY address 3.

He already did and the LAN8720 can use either phy addr 0x00 or 0x01, so that 
seem ok as well.

Best regards,
Marek Vasut


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