Bug #3058
Lime2 eMMC with Realtek RTL8211E PHY: Ethernet is not working
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Updated by GNUtoo over 1 year ago
| libre/uboot4extlinux-a20-olinuxino-lime2-emmc version | Kernel | Working |
|---|---|---|
| 2021.07-2 | linux-libre 5.11.2-1 | Probably not1 |
| linux-libre-lts 5.10.19-1 | Probably not1 | |
| 2020.04-1 | linux-libre 5.11.2-1 | Probably not1 |
| linux-libre-lts 5.10.19-1 | Probably not1 | |
| before the big rework2 | linux-libre 5.11.2-1 | Probably not1 |
| linux-libre-lts 5.10.19-1 | Probably not1 |
However I recall that at some point it stopped working, and upgrading u-boot made it work again at that point, but now that doesn't work anymore. So something in newer kernels probably required newer u-boot and now maybe even newer kernels broke it, or maybe my board is broken (I still need to test it with older images and/or other distributions (like GuixSD)).
1 I need to re-test to be 100% sure.
fn2. 89ab0d27c libre: uboot4extlinux-sunxi: lower maintenance costs
Updated by bill-auger over 1 year ago
- Status changed from unconfirmed to confirmed
the title specifies EMMC - does this bug not affect non-emmc models? - it is the same PHY device
Updated by GNUtoo over 1 year ago
I've confirmed the bug: I still had a microSD with an older Parabola image that worked fine.
It most probably affect non eMMC models as well but I don't have one so I can't tell.
The person who bugreported for the newer phy not working has several models but I don't recall which ones. That person could probably do some tests since she got some of them for solving the phy issues by doing tests.
Updated by GNUtoo over 1 year ago
Here's the software versions on the working image:
| Software | String at boot on the serial port | package version |
| u-boot | U-Boot 2019.10-1 (Nov 11 2019 - 02:25:01 +0000) Parabola GNU/Linux-libre | libre/uboot4extlinux-a20-olinuxino-lime2-emmc 2020.04-1 |
| linux-libre | 5.8.13-gnu-1 | libre/linux-libre 5.8.13-1 |