eth0 autonegotation 8260

[Alex Zeffertt]

> >We are using a 8260 processor with ELDK 3.1.1,  kernel 2.4.25 patched with
> >lck1. We have configured the kernel with USE_MDIO 
> >and LXT971.
> >The problem we face is that the boot process stops after displaying the
> >configuration of the card:
> >eth0: config: autonegotiation on, 100FDX,...
> >and after the board seems to freeze.
> >
> >Can anybody provide some feedback on how to check what can be misconfigured
> >or where to look for the error???
> 
> Check that the interrupt from the LXT971 is configured correctly.
> The code is probably waiting for this interrupt to tell it that negotiation
> is complete
> 

On a similar note... I've noticed that the fcc_enet driver does not appear to
detect when the link goes down, or re-autonegotiate when it comes back up.  I
wonder if anybody has a fix for this?

PS I too am using the ELDK 3.1.1 linux-2.4.25 kernel, but with a PM828 devel
board.