linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 05/11] net: stmmac: dwmac-rk: Add internal phy support

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Message-ID: <7764adcf-02c5-5ae1-1735-7f7e36790c30@rock-chips.com>
Date:   Fri, 28 Jul 2017 14:46:25 +0800
From:   "David.Wu" <david.wu@...k-chips.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 05/11] net: stmmac: dwmac-rk: Add internal phy support

Hi Andrew,

在 2017/7/27 21:48, Andrew Lunn 写道:
> I think we need to discuss this. This PHY appears to be on an MDIO
> bus, it uses a standard PHY driver, and it appears to be using an RMII
> interface. So it is just an ordinary PHY.
> 
> Internal is supposed to be something which is not ordinary, does not
> use one of the standard phy modes, needs something special to make it
> work.

Yes, it is a ordinary PHY in fact, using MDIO bus, but it is a internal 
phy inside Soc, so the "internal" is not the internal as Florain said.