netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 06/19] net: usb: aqc111: Introduce link management

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Message-ID: <44efe366-5964-af24-ddfd-5ac24e5138e6@aquantia.com>
Date:   Mon, 8 Oct 2018 13:22:11 +0000
From:   Igor Russkikh <Igor.Russkikh@...antia.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
CC:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "linux-usb@...r.kernel.org" <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Dmitry Bezrukov <Dmitry.Bezrukov@...antia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 06/19] net: usb: aqc111: Introduce link
 management

Hi Andrew,

> Hi Igor, Dmitry
> 
> Please could you explain why you decided to not use drivers/net/phy?
> The previous patch introduced basically what you need to export a
> standard Linux MDIO bus. From that you can use a standard Linux PHY
> driver.

Thats again because of this product has tightly integrated MAC+Phy.
MAC FW controls system interface and reports/alters link state
as a joint state on copper and SIF (even in dpa direct phy mode).

We can't extract phy api into a standalone fully functional phylib therefore.
Also as far as I know this particular phy is not available in the wild.

Regards,
  Igor