ARCH=ppc -> ARCH=powerpc : help needed for dts file

Benjamin Herrenschmidt benh at kernel.crashing.org
Mon Mar 10 09:36:26 EST 2008


On Sun, 2008-03-09 at 23:31 +0100, Philippe De Muyter wrote:
> Hi Ben,
> 
> I now have a working linux on my mpc8540 based board, with support for
> the compactflash disk and the i2c rtc.
> 
> The network tough, does not work yet. altough the the integrated ethernet
> controller (FEC) seems to be recognized.  Could it be a problem with the phy ?
> I notice that I do not have an entry for gfar_interrupt in /proc/interrupts
> on my ethernet-missing linux, while I have one ont the working arch/ppc linux ?
> Do I need to give the phy type in the dts file, and how ?
> 
> I would also like to know if it is possible to still get in linux the mac
> address known by uboot when using a dts file, and how ?

I'll let the freescale people answer here as I don't know the gianfar
driver at all.

Ben.





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