Laurent, > > I work on several custom 82xx boards with Linux 2.4 and 2.6. > > I have ported Linux 2.6.9 on different boards and I noticed > that I have tx carrier errors on my FCC ports. Almost one > error per xmit. >
I have experienced same problem. I suppose you are using the old fcc driver in /arch/ppc > I reinstalled Linux 2.4.18 on these boards and I have NO ERROR. > > The errors arise with PHY configured in 100M full duplex (or autoneg). > The FCC has the same duplex as PHY. Are you sure? In my case, the problem was that while the PHY had autoneg to full-duplex, the MAC kept in half-duplex mode > [...] > > I think this is not a phy or hardware problem but rather a FCC configuration > mismatch in fcc_enet.c. > Yes. But I thing the driver has been obsoleted by fs_enet one, so modifiying it now has no sense. Best regards, Alex BASTOS
