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We are using a 8260 processor with ELDK 3.1.1,  kernel 2.4.25 patched with
lck1. We have configured the kernel with USE_MDIO 
and LXT971.
The problem we face is that the boot process stops after displaying the
configuration of the card:
eth0: config: autonegotiation on, 100FDX,...
and after the board seems to freeze.

Can anybody provide some feedback on how to check what can be misconfigured
or where to look for the error???

Check that the interrupt from the LXT971 is configured correctly.
The code is probably waiting for this interrupt to tell it that negotiation
is complete

On a similar note... I've noticed that the fcc_enet driver does not appear to
detect when the link goes down, or re-autonegotiate when it comes back up.  I
wonder if anybody has a fix for this?

PS I too am using the ELDK 3.1.1 linux-2.4.25 kernel, but with a PM828 devel
board.