[U-Boot] AR8031 Ethernet on mx6

[Marek Vasut]

Dear Fabio Estevam,

> Hi Dirk,
> 
> On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 2:32 AM, Dirk Behme <dirk.behme at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I think a coworker has an ARM2, so I'll try to ask him on Monday.
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> > But while talking about ethernet on MX6: There seems to be a lot of
> > issues with 1GB ethernet. Or is it just confusion? As I'm no expert on
> > this, I'm really confused. That means that I don't know if we still
> > really have some issues with it or not :(
> > 
> > The initial SabreLite boards (revision from September/Octorber last
> > year?) had a hardware issue with 1GB ethernet. I was told that this
> > hardware issue is fixed in the latest SabreLite boards with hardware
> > revision D. But a coworker reports that it looks like GB ethernet even
> > doesn't work with the U-Boot the SabreLite revision D ships with (?).
> > Nor a more recent (patched?) U-Boot. I'm not sure if the recent
> > (unpatched) mainline was tested, though. So this might be an issue of an
> > U-Boot version which has SW patches for the old, broken ethernet
> > applied, which now breaks the fixed hardware? Or is there still an
> > hardware issue? I don't know.
> 
> I haven't worked with Gigabit Ethernet on mx6qsabrelite, but my
> understanding is that it has been functional now in U-boot.
> 
> Ccing Troy and Eric as they probably know all the details.

It works for me, but I don't think it runs on "gigabit" speed.

> Regards,
> 
> Fabio Estevam

Best regards,
Marek Vasut