I've encountered a problem.  I can get the Ethernet to function on my STM32F4, but only after a "system reset", on the st-link utility.  If I just power it up or press the reset button on my board, the Ethernet will not work.  I can tell this by reading the THE_DMASR.  If I do a power cycling reset the register reads 0x3000000 which means it's not recieving or transmitting.  If I press the "system reset"  the ETH_DMASR register hold 0x00006000, which means that the receiver is ready and waiting for a new packet. 

I assume I'm enabling the peripherals and clocks in the wrong order.  my initialization follows.

_start:

        ldr    R0, = RCC_CR         @ RCC_APB1ENR
        ldr    R1, = 0x00010083     @ ENABLE HSE clock
        str    R1, [R0]

        ldr    r0, = RCC_CFGR         @ set the system clock to the external crystal
        ldr    r1, = 0x00400000     @
        str    r1, [R0]    
        
HSENRdy:
        ldr r1, = RCC_CR        @load the reset and clock control register into a working register
        ldr r0, [r1]            @ r0 = RCC_CR
        lsrs r0, r0, #2            @update condition flags and pop off bit 1
        bcc    HSENRdy

        ldr    r0, = RCC_CFGR         @ set the system clock to the external crystal
        ldr    r1, = 0x00400001     @
        str    r1, [R0]    
        
        ldr    r0, = RCC_APB1ENR     @ RCC_APB1ENR
        ldr    r1, = 0x10040000     @ ENABLE power CLOCK and USART3
        str    r1, [R0]
        
        ldr    r0, = RCC_AHB1ENR     @ RCC_APB1ENR
        ldr    r1, = 0x1E7411FF     @ ENABLE power CLOCK GPIOA,B,C,G,H,I,CRC
        str    r1, [R0]        

        ldr    r0, = RCC_APB2ENR     @ RCC_APB1ENR
        ldr    r1, = 0x00004000     @ ENABLE power CLOCK GPIOA,B,C,G,H,I,CRC
        str    r1, [R0]                
        
        ldr    r0, = PWR_CR         @ RCC_APB2ENR
        ldr    r1, = 0x00000100     @ ENABLE SYSCFG CLOCK
        str    r1, [R0]
        
        ldr r0, = RCC_BDCR        @ this enables the real time clock to external clock source
        ldr r1, = 0x00000001    @ this enables the real time clock to external clock source
        str r1, [r0]            @ this enables the real time clock to external clock source
        
LSENRdy:
        ldr r1, = RCC_BDCR        @load the reset and clock control register into a working register
        ldr r0, [r1]            @ r0 = RCC_BDCR
        lsrs r0, r0, #2            @update condition flags and pop off bit 1
        bcc    LSENRdy        
        
        ldr r0, = RCC_BDCR        @ this enables the real time clock to external clock source
        ldr r1, = 0x00008103    @ this enables the real time clock to external clock source
        str r1, [r0]            @ this enables the real time clock to external clock source        

        ldr r0, = RCC_AHB1RSTR    @ this resets the Ethernet MAC
        ldr r1, = 0x02000000    
        str r1, [r0]            

        ldr r0, = RCC_AHB1RSTR    @ this resets the Ethernet MAC
        ldr r1, = 0x00000000    
        str r1, [r0]            
        
        ldr r0, = SYSCFG_CMPCR    @ this enables the real time clock to external clock source
        ldr r1, = 0x00000001    @ this enables the real time clock to external clock source
        str r1, [r0]            @ this enables the real time clock to external clock source        
        
        ldr r0, = GPIOC_MODER    @ this enables the general purpose port C to alternat function
        ldr r1, = 0x00A00AA8    @ this enables the general purpose port C to alternat function
        str r1, [r0]            @ this enables the general purpose port C to alternat function
        
        ldr r0, = GPIOC_OSPEEDR    @ this enables the general purpose port C to alternat function
        ldr r1, = 0x00000AA8    @ this enables the general purpose port C to alternat function
        str r1, [r0]            @ this enables the general purpose port C to alternat function        

        ldr r0, = GPIOC_AFRL    @ this sets the general purspoer port C to Ethernet function
        ldr r1, = 0x00BBBBB0    @ this sets the general purspoer port C to Ethernet function
        str r1, [r0]            @ this sets the general purspoer port C to Ethernet function
        
        ldr r0, = GPIOC_AFRH    @ this sets the general purspoer port C to USART function
        ldr r1, = 0x00007700    @ this sets the general purspoer port C to USART function
        str r1, [r0]            @ this sets the general purspoer port C to USART function
        
        ldr r0, = USART3_CR1    @ this enables the USART
        ldr r1, = 0x00002000    
        str r1, [r0]            

        ldr r0, = USART3_BRR    @ this sets the baud rate for the USART
        ldr r1, = 0x00000A2C    
        str r1, [r0]        

        ldr r0, = GPIOA_MODER    @ this enables the general purpose port A to alternat function
        ldr r1, = 0xA80280AA    @ this enables the general purpose port A to alternat function
        str r1, [r0]            @ this enables the general purpose port A to alternat function    
        
        ldr r0, = GPIOA_OTYPER    @ this enables the general purpose port A to alternat function
        ldr r1, = 0x00000004    @ this enables the general purpose port A to alternat function
        str r1, [r0]            @ this enables the general purpose port A to alternat function            

        ldr r0, = GPIOA_OSPEEDR    @ this enables the general purpose port A to alternat function
        ldr r1, = 0x000280AA    @ this enables the general purpose port A to alternat function
        str r1, [r0]            @ this enables the general purpose port A to alternat function            
        
        ldr r0, = GPIOA_AFRL    @ this enables the general purpose port A to alternat function
        ldr r1, = 0xB000BBBB    @ this enables the general purpose port A to alternat function
        str r1, [r0]            @ this enables the general purpose port A to alternat function            

        ldr r0, = GPIOB_MODER    @ this enables the general purpose port B to alternat function
        ldr r1, = 0x1AA2028A    @ this enables the general purpose port B to alternat function
        str r1, [r0]            @ this enables the general purpose port B to alternat function            

        ldr r0, = GPIOB_OSPEEDR    @ this enables the general purpose port B to alternat function
        ldr r1, = 0x0AA200CA    @ this enables the general purpose port B to alternat function
        str r1, [r0]            @ this enables the general purpose port B to alternat function    
        
        ldr r0, = GPIOB_BSRR    @ this enables the general purpose port B to alternat function
        ldr r1, = 0x00004000    @ this enables the general purpose port B to alternat function
        str r1, [r0]            @ this enables the general purpose port B to alternat function    
        
        ldr r0, = GPIOB_AFRL    @ this enables the general purpose port A to alternat function
        ldr r1, = 0x000000BB    @ this enables the general purpose port A to alternat function
        str r1, [r0]            @ this enables the general purpose port A to alternat function                
        
        ldr r0, = GPIOB_AFRH    @ this enables the general purpose port B to alternat function
        ldr r1, = 0x00BBBB0B    @ this enables the general purpose port B to alternat function
        str r1, [r0]            @ this enables the general purpose port B to alternat function    

        ldr r0, = ETH_MACCR        @ this sets the ethernet to 100Mbps and full duplex
        ldr r1, = 0x0000C80C    
        str r1, [r0]            
        
        ldr r0, = ETH_DMAIER    @ this sets the ethernet to generate an interrupt
        ldr r1, = 0x0001E7FF    
        str r1, [r0]            

        ldr r0, = ETH_MACA0HR    @ this is the high word of the mac address
        ldr r1, = MACAH    
        str r1, [r0]            

        ldr r0, = ETH_MACA0LR    @ this is the low word of the mac address
        ldr r1, = MACAL    
        str r1, [r0]            
        
        @Setup the descriptor in memory put at boundary of system memory
        ldr r0, = Descriptor0    @ this gives the descriptor to the CPU
        ldr r1, = 0x80000300    
        str r1, [r0]            

        ldr r0, = Descriptor1    @ this sets the size of the recieve buffer
        ldr r1, = 0x00008100    
        str r1, [r0]                

        ldr r0, = Descriptor2    @ this sets the base address of the recieve buffer
        ldr r1, = EthBuff1        
        str r1, [r0]            
        
        ldr r0, = Descriptor3    @ this is nothing
        ldr r1, = 0x00000000    
        str r1, [r0]                    
        
        ldr r0, = ETH_DMARDLAR    @ this points to the base address of the recieve descriptor
        ldr r1, = Descriptor0    
        str r1, [r0]            

        ldr r0, = ETH_DMATDLAR    @ this points to the base address of the recieve descriptor
        ldr r1, = TransDescr0    
        str r1, [r0]        
        
        ldr r0, = ETH_DMAOMR    @ this starts the ethernet DMA recieving and transmitting
        ldr r1, = 0x00000002    
        str r1, [r0]                

        ldr r0, = NVIC_ISER1    @ this enables the Ethernet to interrupt the core
        ldr r1, = 0x20000000    
        str r1, [r0]    

        @poll the phy to get the negotiation settings
AutoNeg:
        ldr r0, = ETH_MACMIIAR    @ this enables the general purpose port G to alternat function
        ldr r1, = 0x00000849    @ this enables the general purpose port G to alternat function
        str r1, [r0]            @ this enables the general purpose port G to alternat function            
                
MIIBusy:
        ldr r1, = ETH_MACMIIAR    @load the reset and clock control register into a working register
        ldr r0, [r1]            @ r0 = ETH_MACMIIAR
        lsrs r0, r0, #1            @update condition flags and pop off bit 1
        bcs    MIIBusy                            

        ldr r1, = ETH_MACMIIDR    @load the reset and clock control register into a working register
        ldr r0, [r1]            @ r0 = ETH_MACMIIAR
        lsrs r0, r0, #6            @update condition flags and pop off bit 1
        bcc    AutoNeg           

then follows remainder of program where the Ethernet is not initialized properly, on hard reset