Wolfgang Denk wrote: >In message <OF08F91C71.313412E8-ON652570F4.001BB5F4-652570F4.001CF070 at >tcs.com> you wrote: > > >>BTW, is there any tool/test case available to test the ethernet driver for >>a long period of time? >> >> > >Mount the root file system over NFS, and compile the Linux kernel on >the target. Repeat for as long as you like. > >Best regards, > >Wolfgang Denk > > > We are implementing an ethernet test for the U-Boot in a MPC5200 architecture, but the test is easyly extensible to other architectures because it's based on the U-Boot ethernet driver (I don't know how portable is the test for the linux kernel). To do the test you need to build a loopback cable and connect it in the ethernet connector of your board. I supply the cable schematic and the test.
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