I have applied this to my Rock2 - Kernel 4.6-rc1 - and eth0 is present, now, but no network traffic gets through:
To rock2: $ ping rgrock2 PING rgrock2 (192.168.0.xx) 56(84) bytes of data. ^C --- rgrock2 ping statistics --- 9 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 7999ms >From rock2: # ping 192.168.0.x PING 192.168.0.x (192.168.0.2) 56(84) bytes of data. >From 192.168.0.xx icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable >From 192.168.0.xx icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable >From 192.168.0.xx icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable >From 192.168.0.xx icmp_seq=4 Destination Host Unreachable >From 192.168.0.xx icmp_seq=5 Destination Host Unreachable >From 192.168.0.xx icmp_seq=6 Destination Host Unreachable >From 192.168.0.xx icmp_seq=7 Destination Host Unreachable >From 192.168.0.xx icmp_seq=8 Destination Host Unreachable --- 192.168.0.x ping statistics --- 9 packets transmitted, 0 received, +8 errors, 100% packet loss, time 8001ms Everything worked OK with kernel 4.5-rc7, and with 4.5 Final with the -rc7 versions of stmmac_platform.c and stmmac_mdio.c substituted.. Robert Gadsdon. March 30, 2016