[kernel-2.6.19]Marvell GT-64260 and Ethernet

Mark A. Greer mgreer at mvista.com
Tue Jul 10 23:51:02 EST 2007


On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 03:41:25PM +0200, ThomasB wrote:
> >Isn't the ethernet the same on the 64260, 64360, 64460?
> >
> >There's definitely a driver for 6436x and above..
> 
> I just try it, it doesn't work, I receive without end the message:
> mv643xx PHY read timeout, port 0
> 
> >I believe that Steve Hill <sjhill at realitydiluted.com> has patched
> >the mv643xx_eth driver to work with the 64260 and plans to submit
> >the patches.
> That's means the patch isn't yet ready?

It probably means you don't something set up for whatever PHY you're
using.

> I will try to contact him.

A good idea.

> It's nevertheless odd, I read about a file named gt64260_eth.c during my
> search on the internet.But I wasn't able to find it :(.

There was one for 2.4 that was in the ppc devel tree but it never went
mainline.  Hopefully, Steve can help you from here.

Mark



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