IMX6UL Ethernet Phy Testing

[nicholas_hunn45]

Hi,

I'm trying to get Ethernet under Linux working on a custom board I've designed. I've got a TI DP83822 PHY that I want to operate in RMII mode. I'm happy that I've got the MDIO interface working as I can read and write to registers on the PHY. What I want to test is the RMII connection between the PHY and the IMX and eventually get it working to the outside world.

When I bring the connection up I get:

TI DP83822 20b4000.ethernet-1:01: attached PHY driver [TI DP83822] (mii_bus:phy_addr=20b4000.ethernet-1:01, irq=POLL)
IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
fec 20b4000.ethernet eth0: Link is Up - 100Mbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready

Ifconfig gives me this:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 3A:71:1B:A5:03:45
          inet6 addr: fe80::3871:1bff:fea5:345/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING 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 do get a message in the logs that it's using a random MAC address, can this cause problems?

Ethtool spits out the following:

Settings for eth0:
        Supported ports: [ TP MII ]
        Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
        Supported pause frame use: Symmetric
        Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
        Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
        Advertised pause frame use: Symmetric
        Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
        Link partner advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                                             100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
        Link partner advertised pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only
        Link partner advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
        Speed: 100Mb/s
        Duplex: Full
        Port: MII
        PHYAD: 1
        Transceiver: internal
        Auto-negotiation: on
        Supports Wake-on: g
        Wake-on: d
        Link detected: yes

I must have some link to the cable, as pulling my ethernet cable out gives the message:

fec 20b4000.ethernet eth0: Graceful transmit stop did not complete!
fec 20b4000.ethernet eth0: Link is Down

What can be my problems here?

I can do loop back tests inside the PHY, but the MAC driver doesn't seem to have a test mode so I don't know what to look for when I do this.

[igorpadykov]

Hi Nick

for TI DP83822 PHY loopback mode one can check explanations on

[Resolved] Linux/AM3352: Ethernet PHY loopback test - Processors forum - Processors - TI E2E support... 

Best regards
igor
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