IMX6UL-EVK 'eth1' interface does not become ready after Linux reboot

vitaliyavramenk — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 15:21:30 GMT

Hello,

I could see one issue with U-Boot/Linux binaries I had run on my IMX6UL-EVK board

that came from L4.1.15_1.1.0_ga_images_MX6ULEVK.tar.gz

U-Boot 2015.04-imx_v2015.04_4.1.15_1.0.0_ga+gd7d7c43 (Apr 01 2016 - 10:17:30)

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Linux version 4.1.15-1.1.0+ga4d2a08 (bamboo@shlinux12) (gcc version 5.2.0 (GCC) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Apr 1 05:37:10 CST 2016

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At Power ON "eth1' interface always starts without problems.

But If I execute a 'reboot' command then 'eth1' does not start permanently.

fec 2188000.ethernet eth1: Freescale FEC PHY driver [Generic PHY] (mii_bus:phy_addr=20b4000.ethernet:02, irq=-1)

IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready

'ifconfig -a' shows

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:9F:04:20:01

BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

I have tried to connect 'eth1' of my board to 3 different routers and switches.

The results are the same and negative. The 'eth1' link does not become ready.

With kernels Linux 4.6 and 4.6.3 I have not seen that issue.

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks in advance

I could see one minor issue even with

At Power ON "eth1' interface always starts without problems.

But If I execute a 'reboot' command then 'eth1' periodically does not start.

'ifconfig -a' shows

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:9F:04:20:01

BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

With kernels 4.6 and 4.6.3 I have not seen that issue.

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