[U-Boot] Ethernet via USB on Sinlinx SinA33

[Hans de Goede]

Hi,

On 25-03-16 18:14, Quentin Schulz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to get Ethernet to work through the USB port of the Sinlinx
> SinA33 on U-Boot to use TFTP to get the kernel and dtb files.
>
> However, I am getting 'data abort' when using dhcp or tftp after adding:
> #define CONFIG_USB_HOST_ETHER
> #define CONFIG_USB_ETHER_ASIX
>
> to include/configs/sunxi-common.h and checking CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD as
> told in the documentation [1]
>
> I tested this configuration with the C.H.I.P. and it is working well.

Are you perhaps building u-boot with gcc6 ? There are some known issues
when building u-boot with gcc-6, which look pretty much like this.

Is the ethernet adapter connected to a regular usb host port, or to
the otg port ?

Regards,

Hans



>
> Steps to reproduce:
>
> 1) Add the following lines to include/configs/sunxi-common.h:
>
> #define CONFIG_USB_HOST_ETHER
> #define CONFIG_USB_ETHER_ASIX
>
> 2) make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- Sinlinx_SinA33_defconfig
> 3) make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- menuconfig
> 4) Check CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HC and save configuration
> 5) make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- -j$(nproc)
> 6) Prepare SDCard:
> sudo dd if=u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin of=/dev/sdX bs=1024 seek=8
> 7) Boot the board and run dhcp or tftp
> 8) Get 'data abort' and board gets reset (ethact is also not defined)
>
> The log file is attached.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Quentin
>
> [1] https://github.com/lentinj/u-boot/blob/master/doc/README.usb#L132
>