netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 06/21] net: usb: aqc111: Introduce link management

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Date:   Fri, 16 Nov 2018 19:33:34 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Igor Russkikh <Igor.Russkikh@...antia.com>
Cc:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        "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 v2 net-next 06/21] net: usb: aqc111: Introduce link
 management

> Production dongles will always have firmware fully controlling all the phy.
> Thus, I think in next series we'll just cut off all the direct phy
> access code.

O.K, but that is also a shame. The PHY i have has all sorts of nice
things, MACSEC, temperature sensors, PTP, cable tests logic,
etc. Without having a proper PHY driver which can access the
registers, a lot of that is going to be very hard to use.

	   Andrew