Using FEC on a MPC5200 with default PHY configuration

Grant Likely grant.likely at secretlab.ca
Tue Apr 1 00:33:27 EST 2008


On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 3:44 AM, Wolfgang Grandegger <wg at grandegger.com> wrote:
> Wolfgang Grandegger wrote:
>  > Hello,
>  >
>  > is it possible to use the FEC on a MPC5200 with the default hardware PHY
>  > configuration. I mean running the link with a default speed without
>  > handling or even touching the PHY like U-Boot does. I removed the PHY
>  > entries from the DTS file and disabled CONFIG_FEC_MPC52xx_MDIO but it
>  > did not work.
>
>  To be more precise, I want to support a 3-Port managed switch with PHY
>  from Micrel using the direct switch link.

I'm actually working on this exact problem at the moment.  I'll get a
patch out shortly to do so.

Cheers,
g.

-- 
Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng.
Secret Lab Technologies Ltd.



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