> This "No ethernet found." was a problem... > > => dhcp > No ethernet found. > > I fixed it by running these commands at the u-boot prompt: > > setenv ethact ppc_4xx_eth0 > setenv ethaddr 02:44:01:01:03:10 > saveenv > reset > > Then is came up with the network available (i.e. dhcp and tftp worked). I > used the right ethaddr value for this board.
So this is a sound workaround. What seems to be happening is that I2C accesses are failing (as per your previous report), so there is no way for uboot to retrieve the serial number out of the I2C eeprom and so derive a mac address. Uboot only computes a MAC address if none has been set in flash, so you are using the same mechanism that one would use to set a proper/purchased mac address instead of the 0x02:* locally assigned ones. regards marc
