After installing the kernel in -proposed, ibmebus based onboard Ethernet finally works now. I had to manually run dhclient, however once I did that after the Ethernet cable was plugged in it finally gave me an IP address and I can connect to the system via SSH.
:~$ dmesg | grep ibmebus [ 1.177080] ibmebus port0 eth0: Jumbo frames are enabled [ 1.177084] ibmebus port0 eth0: logical port id #1 [ 1.177507] ibmebus port1 eth1: Jumbo frames are enabled [ 1.177510] ibmebus port1 eth1: logical port id #2 [ 1.177846] ibmebus port2 eth2: Jumbo frames are enabled [ 1.177848] ibmebus port2 eth2: logical port id #17 [ 1.178185] ibmebus port3 eth3: Jumbo frames are enabled [ 1.178187] ibmebus port3 eth3: logical port id #18 [ 1.178292] ibmebus port0 eth0: Logical port down [ 1.178298] ibmebus port0 eth0: Physical port down [ 1.178300] ibmebus port0 eth0: External switch port is backup port [ 4.375679] ibmebus port0 eth0: Physical port down [ 4.375682] ibmebus port0 eth0: External switch port is backup port [ 4.464972] ibmebus port0 eth0: Physical port up [ 4.464974] ibmebus port0 eth0: External switch port is backup port [ 209.116793] ibmebus port3 eth3: Physical port down [ 209.116799] ibmebus port3 eth3: External switch port is backup port [ 209.129659] ibmebus port2 eth2: Physical port down [ 209.129662] ibmebus port2 eth2: External switch port is backup port [ 209.143757] ibmebus port1 eth1: Physical port down [ 209.143760] ibmebus port1 eth1: External switch port is backup port [ 209.156772] ibmebus port0 eth0: Logical port up: 1000Mbps Full Duplex [ 209.156782] ibmebus port0 eth0: Physical port up [ 209.156785] ibmebus port0 eth0: External switch port is backup port ~$ uname -rmspiorv Linux 4.4.0-38-powerpc64-smp #57-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 6 16:09:42 UTC 2016 ppc64 ppc64 ppc64 GNU/Linux ** Tags removed: verification-needed-xenial ** Tags added: verification-done-xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1612725 Title: IBM Power 720 Ethernet Not Seen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1612725/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
