Just tried to move my 83xx based board to latest u-boot and noticed an old problem. u-boot tries to bring up the ethernet at startup, not the first time it is used:
U-Boot 1.3.0-rc3-g992742a5-dirty (Nov 19 2007 - 16:45:18)
Reset Status: External/Internal Soft, External/Internal Hard
CPU: e300c2, MPC8323E, Rev: 10 at 266.664 MHz, CSB: 133 MHz Board: Transmode CU I2C reset sequence. I2C: ready DRAM: DDR RAM: 256 MB FLASH: 128 MB In: serial Out: serial Err: serial Net: read wrong value : mii_id 3,mii_reg 2, base e0102320 read wrong value : mii_id 3,mii_reg 3, base e0102320 UEC: PHY is Generic MII (ffffffff) read wrong value : mii_id 3,mii_reg 1, base e0102320 read wrong value : mii_id 3,mii_reg 5, base e0102320 FSL UEC0: Full Duplex FSL UEC0: Speed 100BT FSL UEC0: Link is up read wrong value : mii_id 4,mii_reg 2, base e0103320 read wrong value : mii_id 4,mii_reg 3, base e0103320 UEC: PHY is Generic MII (ffffffff) read wrong value : mii_id 4,mii_reg 1, base e0103320 read wrong value : mii_id 4,mii_reg 1, base e0103320 read wrong value : mii_id 4,mii_reg 5, base e0103320 FSL UEC1: Full Duplex FSL UEC1: Speed 100BT FSL UEC1: Link is up FSL UEC0, FSL UEC1 read wrong value : mii_id 3,mii_reg 1, base e0102320
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