APU1 board link light.

Some of you may have noted a discussion on the users list.   I was working with and using notes from David Sims to
build an IPCop on that kit.  Some thought to making a step by step for list use.

However, there is an issue with the ethernet link light on the board, which appears to be EEPROM related, and/or driver related.

This applies primarly to the wan-1 (or RED) interface.  I've not noticed it on others.

The situation is- on power up, with a cable plugged between it and the modem (or any 10/100/1000 port) the link light will illuminate
and stay on until IPCop sings and starts to finalize setup of RED.  

Thereupon, it goes out.

A link is established, as shown by ethtool at a speed of 1000.   Data passes and everything appears to work.  So, on the one hand
I want to pin the blame on the driver, or some last minute RED tweaking.   But, there appears to have been a long history of chatter
about this board and the link light.   

So, any chance to get at the driver to apply a hack that is supposed to "fix" this?   

joe a


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