Re: [ECOS] Redboot Ethernet with AC101L PHY

[Andrew McKay <amckay at iders dot ca>]

Andrew McKay wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> I working on getting RedBoot up and running on a EP9301/EP9302.  I 
> have the EDB9302 development kit from Cirrus Logic, and have 
> successfully loaded RedBoot on it.  However we have designed our own 
> board and seem to be having difficulties with the ethernet in 
> RedBoot.  The only difference between our board and the development 
> kit is that we used a AC101L external Phy from Altima (Broadcom), and 
> the development kit uses a CS8952 external Phy from Cirrius Logic.  I  
> have been through the ethernet driver for the EP93XX family and I 
> don't see any changes required in the code to use the AC101L Phy.
> Currently the board only negotiates a link with some hubs, not all.  
> Even after negotiating a link with a hub, the communications over 
> ethernet is painfully slow, and eventually just dies.
>
> I was wondering if anyone has some experience using this Phy with the 
> EP93xx family or any other ARM based system?   Did you have to make 
> any changes to the driver to use a different Phy.
>
> We are currently chasing any hardware problems with the board that we 
> can find.
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Andrew McKay
> Iders Incorporated
> 100-137 Innovation Drive
> Winnipeg, Manitoba
> Canada
> R3T 6B6
>
> ph: 204 779 5400 x228
> fax: 204 779 5444
In case anyone was interested, we have fixed this problem.  Everything 
was fine with drivers for the EP93xx family.  We had a hardware problem 
associated with our Broadcom Phy part.  The 25MHz clock was not running 
nice enough.  A couple of changes to the capacitors on the circuit and 
Ethernet was up and running fine.

Andrew McKay

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