# Re: 2 Ethernet port operating in a PPC405EP system

- From: Wolfgang Denk \<hidden\>
- Date: 2006-08-30 13:07:06 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2006/08/9409378
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2006/08/9409378/t.md

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In message [ref] you wrote:
> 
> Sorry for such long e-mail.

Actually it's not so long...

> I am now working on a STB project, and our board is a IBM PPC405EP with
> 2 ethernet ports. U-Boot 1.0.0 and linux 2.4.20 (from MontaVista) is
> used and update is not recommended. Each ethernet port has a RTL8021CP
> PHY connected.

... as reading stops here. Both U-Boot 1.0.0 and Linux 2.4.20 are not
only old, they are ancient. Zillions of smaller and bigger bugs  have
been fixed since. Do yourself a favour and use current code.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

-- 
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Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd@denx.de
 The software required `Windows 95 or better', so I installed Linux.
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