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.