On 2021-12-20 10:53, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>> # ip link set eth0 up
>> # ip link show eth0
>> 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel 
>> state UP
>> mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
>>     link/ether ee:f1:a8:e7:0c:8f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
>> 
>> ... now link is up with the same mac address
>> 
>> # ifconfig eth0
>> eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
>>         inet6 2a02:2f09:3d09:1b00:ecf1:a8ff:fee7:c8f  prefixlen 64  
>> scopeid
>> 0x0<global>
>>         inet6 fe80::ecf1:a8ff:fee7:c8f  prefixlen 64  scopeid 
>> 0x20<link>
>>         inet6 fd00:cafe::c772:d58f:1061:4df3  prefixlen 64  scopeid
>> 0x0<global>
>>         inet6 fd00:cafe::ecf1:a8ff:fee7:c8f  prefixlen 64  scopeid
>> 0x0<global>
>>         inet6 2a02:2f09:3d09:1b00:eef4:bb1d:f9d5:febc  prefixlen 64  
>> scopeid
>> 0x0<global>
> 
> These make use of multicast. Router Advertisements are multicast, both
> at L2 and L3, by the router to the Internet.
> 
>> # ping -6 -c 10 ipv6.l.google.com
>> PING ipv6.l.google.com(ipv6.l.google.com (2a00:1450:400d:806::200e)) 
>> 56 data
>> bytes
>> From odroid (2a02:2f09:3d09:1b00:eef4:bb1d:f9d5:febc) icmp_seq=1 
>> Destination
>> unreachable: Address unreachable
>> ...
>> --- ipv6.l.google.com ping statistics ---
>> 10 packets transmitted, 0 received, +7 errors, 100% packet loss, time 
>> 9311ms
> 
> ping uses unicast.
> 
>> ... neither does it work for my local router, so network layer 3 does 
>> not
>> seem to work
> 
> I think it is still pointing towards L2 unicast.
> 
>> next, when i have time and if there's still no progress, i think i 
>> should
>> try to insert:
>> 
>>         ret = smsc95xx_reset(dev);
>> 	if (ret)
>> 		goto free_pdata;
>> 
>> before
>> 
>> 	ret = phy_connect_direct(dev->net, pdata->phydev,
>> 				 &smsc95xx_handle_link_change,
>> 				 PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_MII);
>> 
>> in smsc95xx_bind() to try to emulate the old behavior for the first 
>> call to
>> start_phy().
> 
> Yes, that will be in interesting experiment. Something in
> smsc95xx_reset() is required.
> 
> 	Andrew

well, i recompiled 5.15.10 with that change and network is still not 
working. then i disabled NetworkManager and rebooted. after boot i 
issued following commands:

# ethtool -d eth0
# ip link set dev eth0 up
# ethtool -d eth0

for 5.15.5 (working kernel), 5.15.8 (unmodified, not working kernel), 
5.15.10 (modified as above, not working kernel).

obviously, in these register dumps there are 3 different mac addresses 
(8 bytes at offset 0x0104) ... but the rest could provide a clue (for 
someone who can make sense of those values).

Gabriel