eth0: Could not attach to PHY

[Grant Likely]

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:37 AM, wael showair <showair2003 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
> i have a board with MPC8555 processor
> uboot version 1.1.6
> linux kernel 2.6.19-rc5
> ltib version: 6.2.2-sv
> gcc 3.4.3
>
> it boots successfully
> i want to upgrade my linux kernel to 2.6.27
> i upgraded the following:
> ltib version 8.1.2-sv
> gcc 4.1
> linux kernel 2.6.27
> & i kept the uboot with the same version 1.1.6
>
> the kernel booting stucks as follows:

You probably need to add an mdio node to your device tree and add a
phy-handle to the ethernet node.  See powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8555cds.dts
for an example.  (Look at the mdio at 25520 and ethernet at 24000 nodes)

g.

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