Re: does Gianfar Ethernet Controller Version 1.1 support MARVELL 88E1111?

Hi Andy,

Thank you for your information. So the driver is not the issue, but better 
to upgraded.

I will check the board once more. The PHY doesn't work because the 8bit bus 
between MAC and PHY is locked(TX_EN and RX_DV all disabled from the scope's 
view) and also you can't see any signals exist at the Magnetic side(nor LED 
signals). It seems that only MDC/MDIO and CLOCK reference pin works. The 
PHY's ID must be read from MDC/MDIO interface and Clocks are right showed 
on the scope.

Best Regards,
Jaffe

From: Andy Fleming <redacted>
To: ��� ������ <redacted>
CC: Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: does Gianfar Ethernet Controller Version 1.1 support MARVELL 

88E1111?

Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 11:15:32 -0500


On Jun 8, 2006, at 02:43, ��� ������ wrote:

quoted

Hi all,
I'm debugging my board with MPC 8540 and marvell 88e1111 designed  
on it.
I'm sure the hardware connection is correct, and the phy's ID could 
 be read
through terminal port. But anyway, phy can not work. I wonder if it 
 is the
driver's problem? Since the Gianfar Ethernet Controller Version 1.1
surpport 88e1011s, but some 88e1111's registers are different from
88e1011s'. Actually I'm a new guy to Linux. Has anybody ever used  
88e1111
phy in Linux envirenmemt? Please
give me some points. Thank you!
I have read the Gianfar ethernet controller driver, but it's  
difficult for
me to find out the sofware flow.

It would be better if you upgraded to the latest kernel.  The PHY  
subsystem in the driver has changed significantly since version 1.1  
of the driver.  What leads you to believe that the PHY doesn't work? 
  What errors do you see?  I'm fairly certain the 88e1111 works 
with  the 88e1011 driver, but it's been a while.