netdev - Re: Setting link down or up in software

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Date:   Thu, 19 Jan 2017 17:56:41 +0000
From:   Måns Rullgård <mans@...sr.com>
To:     Mason <slash.tmp@...e.fr>
Cc:     Zefir Kurtisi <zefir.kurtisi@...atec.com>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Thibaud Cornic <thibaud_cornic@...madesigns.com>
Subject: Re: Setting link down or up in software

Mason <slash.tmp@...e.fr> writes:

> One thing I find confusing... If the 8035 could work with the generic
> PHY driver, what's the point of the at803x.ko driver?

Almost all Ethernet PHYs support the basic operation defined the by the
standard.  Many have additional non-standardised features that require a
specific driver.  Interrupts, for example.

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Måns Rullgård