[U-Boot] last step to go - dead PHY

[David Collier]

well I don't need to have the Ethernet running for the shipped product...

but I would like to use it in production test of the next batch - so if I
can avoid an extra issue of u-boot I will....

D.


> > But I'm running out of time to ship some prototypes tomorrow, and 
> > this is
> > my last major issue with them, so could I throw myself on the 
> > mercy of
> > the assembled wisdom please? Maybe someone will say - you stupid 
> > person,
> > you need to change this line to that....
> 
> I don;t say that, but I do say this: With such a short deadline, you
> should have hired an expert a couple of days (or weeks) ago.
> 
> > Yes, I know the very latest u-boot sources can do similar, but I 
> > had to
> > freeze on 2008-10 because of the saveenv issue. Too late to 
> > update now.
> 
> This is unlogical. Instead of updating and fixing "the saveenv 
> issue"
> (whatever this is) you are using old code - where you now have to 
> fix
> "the PHY issue". Is this any better?
> 
> ...
> > the linux startup says:
> > 
> > eth0: attached PHY driver [Generic PHY] (mii_bus:phy_addr=0:10, 
> > irq=-1)
> > eth1: attached PHY driver [Generic PHY] (mii_bus:phy_addr=1:00, 
> > irq=-1)
> > 
> > now we have strapped PHYAD4 high, so the 2 phys should have 
> > addresses
> > binary 10000 and 10001 
> > 
> > I can't see any relationship between 0:10 and 1:00 and 10000 and 
> > 10001
> > !!!
> ...
> > well maybe - the first one looks right - binary 10000 is hex 10
> > but the other port should be on hex 11, not hex 0!!!!!!
> 
> Maybe your haredware is not what you think it is?
> 
> > but under u-boot
> > 
> > in my file derived from ATNGW10.c I have
> > 
> > void board_init_info(void)
> > {
> > 	gd->bd->bi_phy_id[0] = 0x01; 
> > 	gd->bd->bi_phy_id[1] = 0x03; 
> > }
> 
> I can't see any relationship between 0x01 and 0x03 and 10000 and 
> 10001
> (or 0:10 and 1:00 either).  Maybe you try these instead?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Wolfgang Denk
> 
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David Collier

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