LAN9500A Linux USB Ethernet Driver Problem!

bachehkaraji — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 19:41:24 GMT

I'm working on a custom board equipped with a iMX28 module and the LAN9500A USB to Ethernet controller without EEPROM for the network interface. Operating system is Linux (kernel v3.16). The LAN9500A is connected to a RJ45 jack with integrated Magnetics and LEDs.

I check the reference schematics of Microchip against my design.http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/9500a_sch.pdf

I can see the LAN9500A is detected and correct driver is loaded...,

# dmesg | grep -i smsc

[ 1.549126] usbcore: registered new interface driver smsc95xx

[ 2.186356] smsc95xx v1.0.4

[ 2.258622] smsc95xx 1-1:1.0 eth2: register 'smsc95xx' at usb-ci_hdrc.1-1, smsc95xx USB 2.0 Ethernet, 62:94:6a:f1:ec:26

[ 9.588663] fec 800f0000.ethernet eth0: Freescale FEC PHY driver [SMSC LAN8710/LAN8720] (mii_bus:phy_addr=800f0000.etherne:00, irq=-1)

After the system is turned on, the link and activity LEDs are lit ...

# ifconfig eth2 up

IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth2: link is not ready

root@imx28evk:~# IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth2: link becomes ready

smsc95xx 1-1:1.0 eth2: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x4DE1

IPv6: eth2: IPv6 duplicate address fe80::fa:25ff:fe59:cf38 detected!

# ifconfig eth2 down

LEDs are still on ...

# ifconfig eth2 up

smsc95xx 1-1:1.0 eth2: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0xC5E1

# ifconfig eth2 down

LEDs are still on ...

$ ifconfig eth2 up

Now the LEDs are off ...

# ethtool eth2

Settings for eth2:

Supported ports: [ TP MII ]

Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full

100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full

Supported pause frame use: No

Supports auto-negotiation: Yes

Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full

100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full

Advertised pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only

Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes

Speed: 10Mb/s

Duplex: Half

Port: MII

PHYAD: 1

Transceiver: internal

Auto-negotiation: on

Supports Wake-on: pumbag

Wake-on: d

Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)

drv probe link

Link detected: no

# mii-tool eth2

eth2: no link

# ifconfig eth2 down

$ ifconfig eth2 up

smsc95xx 1-1:1.0 eth2: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0xC5E1

LEDs light up

ethtool eth2

Settings for eth2:

Supported ports: [ TP MII ]

Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full

100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full

Supported pause frame use: No

Supports auto-negotiation: Yes

Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full

100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full

Advertised pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only

Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes

Link partner advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full

100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full

Link partner advertised pause frame use: Symmetric

Link partner advertised auto-negotiation: Yes

Speed: 100Mb/s

Duplex: Full

Port: MII

PHYAD: 1

Transceiver: internal

Auto-negotiation: on

Supports Wake-on: pumbag

Wake-on: d

Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)

drv probe link

Link detected: yes

# mii-tool eth2

eth2: negotiated 1000baseT-HD flow-control, link ok

Another issue is that when I unplug and plug the Ethernet cable from the RJ45 socket, Linux does not detect it, ...

Has anyone else seen this? I really appreciate any help you can provide.

Re: LAN9500A Linux USB Ethernet Driver Problem!

igorpadykov — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 23:04:58 GMT

Hi bachen

kernel v3.16 is not supported by nxp, one can try on more new kernels like L4.1.15 and also

post on meta-fsl-arm mailing list, so that someone familiar with it could try to assist you.
https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/meta-freescale

Best regards
igor
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