netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: replace genphy_10g_driver with genphy_c45

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Date:   Mon, 8 Apr 2019 00:15:14 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: replace genphy_10g_driver with
 genphy_c45_driver

On Sun, Apr 07, 2019 at 01:55:01PM +0200, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> Recently a number of generic functions for Clause 45 PHY's has been
> added. So let's replace the old very limited genphy_10g_driver with a
> genphy_c45_driver. This driver isn't limited to 10G, however it's worth
> to be noted that Clause 45 doesn't cover 1000Base-T. For using
> 1000Base-T with a Clause 45 PHY a dedicated PHY driver using vendor
> registers is needed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew