2 Ethernet port operating in a PPC405EP system

[Chun Chung Lo]

Hi all,

Sorry for such long e-mail.

I am now working on a STB project, and our board is a IBM PPC405EP with
2 ethernet ports. U-Boot 1.0.0 and linux 2.4.20 (from MontaVista) is
used and update is not recommended. Each ethernet port has a RTL8021CP
PHY connected.

Under u-boot environment, only 1 ethernet port is operating. But
sometimes the port is not able to PING other PCs within the same subnet.
Also some modifications are made (under bd_t) to let linux kernel fetch
2 different MAC address when boot into linux kernel.

Error log (U-Boot):

<## snip ##>
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
=> setenv ipaddr 10.6.64.343
=> setenv ipaddr 10.6.64.34
=> ping 10.6.64.128
ENET Speed is 100 Mbps - FULL duplex connection

< the board holds here about several seconds >

ping failed; host 10.6.64.128 is not alive
<## snip ##>

Under linux environment, 2 ethernet ports are operating. But sometimes
only ethernet 1 is operating (by running a udhcpc, from
busybox-v1.00-pre8); sometimes both are not operating.

When ethernet 1 is operating (can fetch a IP address from DHCP server,
say 10.6.64.111), then I assigned a static IP address (say,
192.168.1.120) and let the board PING to different subnets at the same
time. But the ethernet 2 cannot PING out while ethernet 1 is operating
...

Error log (Linux):

<## snip ##>
Press CTRL-C to enter shell within 1 sec

~ # udhcpc -i eth0 -s /etc/udhcpc.sh
info, udhcpc (v0.9.9-pre) started
debug, Sending discover...
debug, Sending discover...

< the ethernet port 1 goes wrong and cannot get IP from DHCP server,
until I plug and unplug the ethernet cable several times, it works again
>

debug, Sending discover...
debug, Sending select for 10.6.64.197...
info, Lease of 10.6.64.197 obtained, lease time 691200
deleting routers
SIOCDELRT: No such process
adding dns 10.6.2.11
adding dns 10.6.2.12
~ # ping 10.6.64.128
PING 10.6.64.128 (10.6.64.128): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 10.6.64.128: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=9.4 ms
64 bytes from 10.6.64.128: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.3 ms
64 bytes from 10.6.64.128: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.3 ms

--- 10.6.64.128 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 0.3/3.3/9.4 ms
~ # ifconfig eth1 192.168.1.120
EMAC1 open, with PHY @ 0x13
ibm_ocp_phy.c: cclo - fep->link = 1
 ------ phy: RTL8201CP,  mii_parse_anar(0x000001e1), phy=0x13 ------
eth1: IBM EMAC: link up, 100 Mbps Full Duplex, auto-negotiation
complete.
eth1: IBM EMAC: MAC cc:0b:20:08:21:b2.
~ # ping 192.168.1.123
PING 192.168.1.123 (192.168.1.123): 56 data bytes

--- 192.168.1.123 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
~ #

<## snip ##>

I also serached something about this issue on internet, I found
something:

http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-embedded/2003-December/012802.html

Are there any updates about this issue? Or my problem is not related to
this?

Please help. Thanks.

Best regards,
Lo Chun Chung

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