I am. My name and contact information is on the cover page of the System Reference Manual.
Gerald On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 7:52 AM, BB-REVC <[email protected]> wrote: > Could you post the link to the TI thread where this is discussed? > > Who is actually involved in choosing parts for the BBB and in adding > layout changes? I offer sending one of mine BBBs to someone involved in the > BBB developing process for evaluation purposes if requested. > > I mean this behavior is pretty annoying, this morning it took me almost 20 > attempts to get one BBB running with ethernet. Furthermore I assume that > many posts in forums related to non-working BBB ethernet may be related to > this problem. > > > > > Am Dienstag, 19. August 2014 14:35:58 UTC+2 schrieb [email protected]: > >> I found a posting at TIs webbord regarding this problem. There a guy from >> TI described this as a bug in used PHY. Since the RESET-input of that PHY >> is not connected to a (switchable) output pin on the BBB, only power of/on >> helps to workaround this problem. With such a connection a software >> workaround would have been possible where the PHY is resetted by >> Ethernet-driver until it reacts as expected. >> >> >> Am Montag, 18. August 2014 14:42:14 UTC+2 schrieb BB-RevC: >>> >>> Good day, >>> >>> I have several *Beaglebone Black Rev C*. They are connected to my LAN >>> by using a static IP address. I observed that from time to time connecting >>> to the Beaglebone Black via ethernet is not possible. >>> >>> *I identified the following behavior:* >>> >>> The ethernet port has two LEDs, a Green one and an Orange/Yellow one. If >>> I apply power to the Beaglebone Black I noticed that the green LED >>> immediately starts to blink. However, the yellow LED stays very often dark. >>> *It >>> simply never blinks during the whole boot process of the board*. In >>> this case ethernet will not be available after booting linux and the board >>> can not be reached via ethernet. >>> >>> *My workaround:* >>> >>> >>> <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ccszPy8rMis/U_Hz2KG6ngI/AAAAAAAAACM/mfEH9GBYDzE/s1600/bb_ethernet.png> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Is this a known respectively a bug? I observed this with several >>> Beaglebone Black Rev-C from Element 14. I also have 2 Rev-B boards and I >>> think (currently not 100% sure since these boards are not used at the >>> moment) that I observed the same behavior. >>> >> -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
