Yay! Please don't give up! It's killing me that I replaced my Pi for this specifically for the gigabit ethernet and it doesn't work. 
==> was a bit stoned while thinking out loud, the timing is between the processor and the PHY so the 4 extra wire storry is BS
But still ... rest could be true
Mainline kernel and GbE were what drew me in, GbE is what worries me most atm.
==> was a bit stoned while thinking out loud, the timing is between the processor and the PHY so the 4 extra wire storry is BS
But still ... rest could be true
Mainline kernel and GbE were what drew me in, GbE is what worries me most atm.