Domenico Andreoli wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 08, 2006 at 10:21:00AM +0200, Matthias Fechner wrote:
>
>> Hello Domenico,
>>
>
> Hello Matthias,
>
>
>> * Domenico Andreoli <cavokz at gmail.com> [07-04-06 00:10]:
>>
>>> kernel is built following the instructions on your wiki, i attached
>>> the config file. please have a look, let me know if any check/test may
>>> be advised.
>>>
>> sry, but I have now time to try your kernel config, but I attached
>> mine which is working fine for me.
>> Maybe this helps you.
>>
>
> unfortunately it does not :/
>
> sometimes kernel prints "eth0: config: auto-negotiation on, 100HDX,
> 10HDX.", the eth0 is up and everything works.
>
> most of the times "eth0: config: auto-negotiation off, No speed/duplex
> selected?." is instead printed and eth0 seems to not exist.
>
> i tend to exclude hw problems, older kernel 2.4.x always succeed in
> using eth0.
>
> is there any way to force eth0 auto-negotiation?
>
When it doesn't work, did it detect the phy correctly ?
Somewhere in the boot sequence it should print something about a LXT971
being found at some address.
Sylvain
