netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next] Add Mellanox BlueField Gigabit Ethernet driver

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Date:   Fri, 28 Aug 2020 14:24:28 +0000
From:   Asmaa Mnebhi <asmaa@...dia.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        David Thompson <dthompson@...lanox.com>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
        Asmaa Mnebhi <Asmaa@...lanox.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next] Add Mellanox BlueField Gigabit Ethernet driver

> > +	  The second generation BlueField SoC from Mellanox Technologies
> > +	  supports an out-of-band Gigabit Ethernet management port to the
> > +	  Arm subsystem.
> 
> You might want to additionally select the PHY driver you are using.
> 
It is preferable to not set a specific PHY driver here because it is susceptible to change. And even customers might use a different PHY device.