[Angstrom-distro-users] how to activate eth0 with a beagle zippy board?

[Koen Kooi]

Make sure you have an up to date uboot and kernel.

regards,

Koen

On 21-10-09 20:48, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
>    could just as easily be a beagleboard question, but i have the
> angstrom beagleboard-demo-image running on a BB, and a beagle zippy
> expansion board connected to it.  i've plugged the zippy network port
> into a hub and i'm looking for how to activate that net port (eth0?)
> to request an IP address via DHCP.
>
>    here's the relevant(?) snippet from /etc/network/interfaces:
>
> # Wired or wireless interfaces
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
> iface eth1 inet dhcp
>
>    i've tried the standard "ifup eth0", but i'm guessing that's not it.
> ifconfig shows no eth0 device.  thoughts?  the power light on the
> zippy network port is lit, so i at least know it's connected.  thanks.
>
> rday
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