[U-Boot-Users] SMSC LAN8700 and LAN8187

[Norman Cheung]

Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj <at> jcrosoft.com> writes:

> 
> On 21:03 Mon 12 May     , Kevin Greer wrote:
> >    Hello,
> > 
> >    Does anyone know if u-boot will work with the SMSC LAN8700 (same interface
> >    as LAN8187) Ethernet transceiver?  Specifically I am trying to use it with
> >    the Atmel AT91SAM9260 microcontroller using MII.   I am developing a board
> >    similar to the AT91SAM9260-EK evaluation kit and would like to replace the
> >    Davicom DM9161a.  If u-boot currently doesn't work with the LAN8700 can
> >    anyone provide me with a little guidance as to the magnitude of the effort
> >    to add this transceiver to u-boot?  Sorry if my question is a bit naive, I
> >    am a newbie when it comes to u-boot.
> Normaly you will have no problem
> 
> the LAN8700 is really simple.
> 
> Best Regards,
> J.
> 
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Kevin,

We tested 8700 in MII mode, it works OK.  
- Recompile u-boot to use MII instead of RMII
- Swap the pins PA10, PA11 to PA23,PA24 for TX(2:3) 

We will be testing that in the kernel(2.6.25) soon, hopefully 
that will work OK too.

Norman