linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: phy: dp83867: Port mirroring support in the DP83867 TI's PHY driver

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Message-ID: <2f3766f0-42df-6aab-dda1-14022c57fb30@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 1 Feb 2017 11:05:12 -0800
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Lukasz Majewski <lukma@...x.de>
Cc:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Mugunthan V N <mugunthanvnm@...com>,
        Karicheri Muralidharan <m-karicheri2@...com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Eric Engestrom <eric@...estrom.ch>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...com>,
        Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: phy: dp83867: Port mirroring support in the DP83867
 TI's PHY driver

On 02/01/2017 09:16 AM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 03:43:35PM +0100, Lukasz Majewski wrote:
>> This patch adds support for enabling or disabling the port mirroring
>> feature of the DP83867 TI's PHY device.
>>
>> One use case is when bootstrap configuration enables this feature (because
>> of e.g. LED wiring) so then one needs to disable it in software
>> (u-boot/Linux).
> 
> Hi Lukasz
> 
> How does this differ from "enet-phy-lane-swap"?

Same here, I am confused about what port mirroring could be meaning here
and if we can find a better way to describe what is being added. Thanks!
-- 
Florian