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--- litesom:devicetree:eth [2017/05/16 18:15]
filug [Device Tree configuration]
+++ litesom:devicetree:eth [2017/05/16 18:56]
filug [Network configuration]
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 ''i.MX6UL'' contains Dual-Megabit Ethernet Controller. Below you can see how this peripheral is configured for [[litesom:liteboard|the liteboard]].
-===== LAN8720A - PHY device =====
+===== PHY device =====
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 ===== Network configuration =====
+Default [[litesom:buildroot|Buildroot]] configuration for [[litesom:liteboard|the liteboard]] is using <tooltip title="Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol">DHCP</tooltip> to configure internet connection.
+This behavior can be changed via ''BR2_SYSTEM_DHCP'' configuration item.
+<button collapse="BR2_SYSTEM_DHCP">Show info about BR2_SYSTEM_DHCP</button>
+<collapse id="BR2_SYSTEM_DHCP" collapsed="true">
+<well>
+**Location**
+<code>
+-> System configuration
+  -> Network interface to configure through DHCP
+</code>
+**Help**
+<code>
+Enter here the name of the network interface (E.G. eth0) to
+automatically configure through DHCP at bootup.
+If left empty, no automatic DHCP requests will take place.
+For more complicated network setups use an overlay to overwrite
+/etc/network/interfaces or add a networkd configuration file.
+</code>
+</well>
+</collapse>
 Current network status you can verify by ''ifconfig eth0'' command
 <code>
+# ifconfig eth0
 eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 9E:EE:5F:94:B8:D3
           inet addr:10.42.0.133  Bcast:10.42.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
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 <code>
+# ip address show eth0
 : eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000
     link/ether 9e:ee:5f:94:b8:d3 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff