Orange Pi PC 3.4 kernel with 1Gb ethernet ports

eltsov_da · August 27, 2019

Hi All.

May be I miss something but I do some searching and still can't understand.

Problem configuration:

Orange Pi PC v 1.2 (try 3 different)

fresh loaded Armbian_5.90_Orangepipc_Ubuntu_xenial_default_3.4.113_desktop.img (try different SD cards)

any (try 3 different HP 2824, Zyxel Kinect, Cisco SRW2016)

If I plug my Orange Pi PC with this image to 1Gb port I'v got blinking of lights and dmesg:

[ 818.090335] PHY: gmac0-0:00 - Link is Down
[ 819.090497] PHY: gmac0-0:00 - Link is Up - 100/Full
[ 821.090494] PHY: gmac0-0:00 - Link is Down
[ 822.090314] PHY: gmac0-0:00 - Link is Up - 100/Full
[ 824.090335] PHY: gmac0-0:00 - Link is Down
[ 825.090496] PHY: gmac0-0:00 - Link is Up - 100/Full
[ 827.090502] PHY: gmac0-0:00 - Link is Down

I don't have this problem:

if I plug Orange PI PC into to 100Mb Ethernet port.

or

If I use some of 4.19 kernel based images (on 1Gb port also no problem)

The problem still exists after apt-get update/ upgrade

So my question is: is it possible to solve this problem?

Igor · August 27, 2019

2 hours ago, eltsov_da said:

is it possible to solve this problem?

Probably.

But nobody will invest hours/days into a kernel that is just about to be trashed. Developers left supporting this kernel several years ago - we did only most urgent adaptations that its still working. We keep it only for its multimedia features which are absent in mainline. When this function will be brought up - expected soon / on 5.3.y - this kernel will be removed.

Use modern kernel.

eltsov_da · August 28, 2019

So, can I hope that on 5.3 armbian will support ov5640 csi cameras?

Igor · August 28, 2019

12 hours ago, eltsov_da said:

So, can I hope that on 5.3 armbian will support ov5640 csi cameras?

We have no resources for dealing with cameras ... but luckily kernel is a community project and someone might someday develop and support this feature. If you need this, hire some people and do it.