Subject: Re: READ ME: please test some Tulip Ethernet boards
To: None <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
From: Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha@buzzard.freeserve.co.uk>
List: current-users
Date: 04/20/2002 00:02:59
> > I guess the kernel is just missing the relevant MII PHYS stuff, but I've
> > no idea which ones are needed.
>
> ukphy is the generic one that works with almost all PHYs, so you can
> always fall back onto that one.
ukphy is in there. It doesn't help.
> It should be pretty easy to tell which one you need by peeking at the
> board, but chances are it's a NatSemi PHY (they were quite common on
> 21140 boards), so add the nsphy driver to your kernel as well.
>
I've already got nsphy in there, but not nsphyter.
I guess I'll just have to take the box apart. It's a pity it can't give
the "not configured" style messages for the phys, even if the relevant
code isn't built in...
Thanks.
R.