On 14:40 Thu 15 Nov , Sascha Hauer wrote: > On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 12:56:02PM +0100, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote: > > Signed-off-by: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > arch/arm/configs/freescale_mx53_loco_defconfig | 1 + > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > We're getting closer \o/ > > With this the LOCO correctly waits for a link, unfortunately during > board init time. This is due to: > > commit 3a17af33c01fd066ab3939c8218037c87ba26eed > Author: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Fri Oct 26 16:16:54 2012 +0200 > > net fec: connect phy at probe time > > Several i.MX boards (all i.MX6 boards) need to do some adjustments > to phy registers. If barebox itself does not use network, networking > won't work in the kernel if the kernel does not have the fixups. Connect > the phy at probe time so that these tweaks are done during probe so that > the kernel works without phy register tweaks. Also this has the effect > that the phy device is present and introspectable without doing fake > network transfers beforehand. > > We could revert it which fixes things for the LOCO, but then we also > lose the phy fixups which this commit intentionally pushed to probe > time. > > It would be nice to separate phy registration from actually waiting for > a link. I find it rather inconvenient anyway that the phy device pops > up during the first network transfer. so we need to introduce a phy_start that start the check of the link but I think the kernel need to its own fixup and do not relay on the booloader to do it for him Best Regards, J. _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox
