Re: DS-207 network failure

[Julian Coleman <jdc%coris.org.uk@localhost>]

Hi,

> So the Linux/PPCBoot SK98 driver does something bad to the chip, which
> our initialization routine cannot revert. The chip itself and the PHY
> are exactly the same as mine. I already checked that with Oscar.

That sounds very plausible.

> Agreed. We should do that both and compare all registers. I can compile
> a new altboot with that, if you don't want to do it yourself.
> 
> Maybe it even helps when you copy the contents of all my registers to
> yours before doing the reset. Then it would only be a matter of time
> to find the guilty bit.

Comparing the working one with the non-working one makes lots of sense ;-)
If you have a chance, that would be great, otherwise, I should be able to
do it over the weekend.

Thanks,

J

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