Bug #3058
Lime2 eMMC with Realtek RTL8211E PHY: Ethernet is not working
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Updated by GNUtoo 11 months 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 11 months 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 10 months 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 10 months 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 |