diff --git a/board/LaCie/common/common.c b/board/LaCie/common/common.c
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+++ b/board/LaCie/common/common.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Simon Guinot <sguinot@lacie.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <i2c.h>
+#include <miiphy.h>
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_CMD_NET) && defined(CONFIG_RESET_PHY_R)
+
+#define MV88E1116_LED_FCTRL_REG		10
+#define MV88E1116_CPRSP_CR3_REG		21
+#define MV88E1116_MAC_CTRL_REG		21
+#define MV88E1116_PGADR_REG		22
+#define MV88E1116_RGMII_TXTM_CTRL	(1 << 4)
+#define MV88E1116_RGMII_RXTM_CTRL	(1 << 5)
+
+void mv_phy_88e1116_init(const char *name)
+{
+	u16 reg;
+	u16 devadr;
+
+	if (miiphy_set_current_dev(name))
+		return;
+
+	/* command to read PHY dev address */
+	if (miiphy_read(name, 0xEE, 0xEE, (u16 *) &devadr)) {
+		printf("Err..(%s) could not read PHY dev address\n", __func__);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Enable RGMII delay on Tx and Rx for CPU port
+	 * Ref: sec 4.7.2 of chip datasheet
+	 */
+	miiphy_write(name, devadr, MV88E1116_PGADR_REG, 2);
+	miiphy_read(name, devadr, MV88E1116_MAC_CTRL_REG, &reg);
+	reg |= (MV88E1116_RGMII_RXTM_CTRL | MV88E1116_RGMII_TXTM_CTRL);
+	miiphy_write(name, devadr, MV88E1116_MAC_CTRL_REG, reg);
+	miiphy_write(name, devadr, MV88E1116_PGADR_REG, 0);
+
+	/* reset the phy */
+	miiphy_reset(name, devadr);
+
+	printf("88E1116 Initialized on %s\n", name);
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_CMD_NET && CONFIG_RESET_PHY_R */
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_CMD_I2C) && defined(CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR)
+int lacie_read_mac_address(uchar *mac_addr)
+{
+	int ret;
+	ushort version;
+
+	/* I2C-0 for on-board EEPROM */
+	i2c_set_bus_num(0);
+
+	/* Check layout version for EEPROM data */
+	ret = i2c_read(CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR, 0,
+			CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN,
+			(uchar *) &version, 2);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		printf("Error: failed to read I2C EEPROM @%02x\n",
+			CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR);
+		return ret;
+	}
+	version = be16_to_cpu(version);
+	if (version < 1 || version > 3) {
+		printf("Error: unknown version %d for EEPROM data\n",
+			version);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/* Read Ethernet MAC address from EEPROM */
+	ret = i2c_read(CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR, 2,
+			CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN, mac_addr, 6);
+	if (ret != 0)
+		printf("Error: failed to read I2C EEPROM @%02x\n",
+			CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR);
+	return ret;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_CMD_I2C && CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR */
diff --git a/board/LaCie/common/common.h b/board/LaCie/common/common.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82a9522
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/LaCie/common/common.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Simon Guinot <sguinot@lacie.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LACIE_COMMON_H
+#define _LACIE_COMMON_H
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_CMD_NET) && defined(CONFIG_RESET_PHY_R)
+void mv_phy_88e1116_init(const char *name);
+#endif
+#if defined(CONFIG_CMD_I2C) && defined(CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR)
+int lacie_read_mac_address(uchar *mac);
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _LACIE_COMMON_H */