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

[Marek Vasut]

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.

Best regards,
Marek Vasut