netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/7] tg3: MII => TP

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Message-ID: <1551EAE59135BE47B544934E30FC4FC002AABB03@nt-irva-0751.brcm.ad.broadcom.com>
Date:	Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:49:25 -0700
From:	"Michael Chan" <mchan@...adcom.com>
To:	"David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Matthew Carlson" <mcarlson@...adcom.com>
cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, andy@...yhouse.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] tg3: MII => TP

David Miller wrote:

> From: "Matt Carlson" <mcarlson@...adcom.com>
> Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:36:42 -0700
> 
> > This patch changes the PHY type reported through ethtool for copper
> > devices from MII to TP.  The latter is more accurate.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Matt Carlson <mcarlson@...adcom.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>
> 
> You should set both MII and TP, since these copper interfaces
> have a MII based twisted-pair physical layer.
> 
> 

MII in this ethtool context means an MII connector on the card
that can connect to an external transceiver, right?

Or does it mean internal MII interface to the PHY?

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