Hello Karsten,
I installed Stretch on my A20 with the USB network interface.
After a successfull minimal installation (on the Micro SD card), I
configured eth0 and rebooted the system. The result is the same : the
PHY is unable to get an IP address with DHCP.
The problem witch 4.9.0-3-armmp-lpae is the same as with the installer
kernel.
Small information :
root@hendrix:~# dmesg |grep eth0
[ 10.040210] sun7i-dwmac 1c50000.ethernet eth0: fail to init PTP.
[ 10.045905] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 12.117354] sun7i-dwmac 1c50000.ethernet eth0: Link is Up -
100Mbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
[ 12.117405] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
I think I'll have to wait for a new kernel release...
Hope it helps
Regards
Jean-Louis