[U-Boot-Users] U-boot and ethernet on a Lubbock board

[Victor]

2008/6/2 <Ken.Fuchs at bench.com>:
>
> Victor (pfc) wrote:
>
> > I've been working last months on a lubbock board
> > and u-boot as a bootloader to run Linux. I always
> > loaded my kernel via serial port, because I never
> > got u-boot to activate my ethernet (I never got the
> > link led on, only after booting Linux).
>
> > I recently read the FAQ again and found about using
> > valid MAC addresses:
>
> > * Should I recompile my u-boot with the new
> >   local-admin MAC address or just I need to
> >   write the new config on the board?
>
> To change the MAC addresses, only the environment
> needs to change as follows ...
>
> u-boot> setenv ethaddr <valid MAC address>      (eth0)
> u-boot> setenv eth1addr <valid MAC address1>    (eth1)
> u-boot> setenv eth2addr <valid MAC address2>    (eth2)
> u-boot> saveenv
>
> Omit references to eth1 or eth2, if they don't exist
> on your specific board.
>
> There is no need to recompile U-Boot.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ken Fuchs

Thanks, did it. There's something I must been doing wrong, because I
can't manage to get it work. The "link" led never turns on until I
boot Linux. Then everythings works as it should. But uploading data to
the board through a serial link is *slow*.