Thanks for your reply Wolfgang,

Try what happens when you "#define CONFIG_NET_MULTI" in your board config file. The primary interface can be selected using the "ethprime" environment variable.

Here is a quick snippet of the config file :-

/* * select ethernet configuration */ #undef CONFIG_ETHER_ON_SCC /* define if ethernet on SCC */ #define CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FCC /* define if ethernet on FCC */ #undef CONFIG_ETHER_NONE /* define if ethernet on neither */

#define CONFIG_NET_MULTI

#define CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FCC1 #define CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FCC2

#define CFG_CMXFCR_MASK1 (CMXFCR_FC1|CMXFCR_RF1CS_MSK|CMXFCR_TF1CS_MSK) #define CFG_CMXFCR_VALUE1 (CMXFCR_RF1CS_CLK10|CMXFCR_TF1CS_CLK9) #define CFG_CMXFCR_MASK2 (CMXFCR_FC2|CMXFCR_RF2CS_MSK|CMXFCR_TF2CS_MSK) #define CFG_CMXFCR_VALUE2 (CMXFCR_RF2CS_CLK14|CMXFCR_TF2CS_CLK13)

To be honest this is all I had to change, the addition of the ethprime env variable certainly helps as well, I'm not sure that I understand the intention of the code though. I was expecting the interfaces to be available similtaneously such that I could switch between them, perhaps this is not the case. I'll illustrate by using an example :-

U-Boot 0.4.0 (Oct 27 2003 - 12:28:40)

MPC8260 Reset Status: Software Watchdog, External Soft, External Hard

MPC8260 Clock Configuration - Bus-to-Core Mult 4x, VCO Div 2, 60x Bus Freq 25-75 , Core Freq 100-300 - dfbrg 1, corecnf 0x1a, busdf 5, cpmdf 1, plldf 0, pllmf 2 - vco_out 396000000, scc_clk 99000000, brg_clk 24750000 - cpu_clk 264000000, cpm_clk 198000000, bus_clk 66000000

CPU: MPC8260 (Rev 14, Mask B.1 4K25A) at 264 MHz Board: Arca Technologies 82xx, Revision 0.0 I2C: ready DRAM: 128 MB FLASH: 8 MB In: serial Out: serial Err: serial Net: FCC1 ETHERNET, FCC2 ETHERNET [PRIME] BEDBUG:ready Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 /******Ping using FCC2*******/ => ping 192.168.0.121 host 192.168.0.121 is alive

/******Now disconnect FCC2*******/ /******Ping using FCC1*******/ => ping 192.168.0.121 ping failed; host 192.168.0.121 is not alive =>

If I switch the ethprime variable to FCC1 then reboot FCC1 works but FCC2 doesn't. Like I mentioned perhaps the problem is my understanding of the intention of the code rather than any misconfiguration on my part.

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Any takers?

Me?

And I'm eternally grateful! :) It makes life a lot more bearable knowing that someone out there knows the solution to every problem!

Best wishes

Mark.