netdev - [BUG] mvneta: mirabox ethernet only works if initialized by uboot

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Date:	Thu, 8 Aug 2013 22:31:37 -0700
From:	Ethan Tuttle <ethan@...antuttle.com>
To:	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [BUG] mvneta: mirabox ethernet only works if initialized by uboot

I ran into this issue after upgrading my mirabox from the old marvell
kernel to 3.11-rc4.  Although ethernet interfaces are present, and
'link up' is reported, it isn't possible to send or receive packets.
I'm using a vanilla kernel with .config from ArchLinuxARM[1].

Jochen De Smet posted a more detailed report[2] and a work-around on
the Fedora ARM list: if an interface is started using the dhcp command
in uboot, ethernet works in linux.

I reproduced the issue on -rc3 and -rc1 as well, so it isn't a recent
regression.

It should be easy to reproduce on a mirabox, even when tftping a
kernel: just try to use the other interface :).

Reporting here because I don't see any other reports to the
maintainers.  I'm happy to provide more debug output or test patches
if it will help.

Thanks,
Ethan

[1] https://github.com/archlinuxarm/PKGBUILDs/blob/master/core/linux-mvebu/config
[2] http://www.mail-archive.com/arm@lists.fedoraproject.org/msg05244.html
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