netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/3] net: ethernet: ixp4xx: Add DT bindings

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Message-ID: <YIHY8W8+99C5IHHm@lunn.ch>
Date:   Thu, 22 Apr 2021 22:13:37 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Cc:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Zoltan HERPAI <wigyori@...0.hu>,
        Raylynn Knight <rayknight@...com>,
        "open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS" 
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] net: ethernet: ixp4xx: Add DT bindings

> It is a bit confusing :D not to mention that the term
> "phy" or "physical interface" as I suppose it is meant to
> be understood is a bit ambiguous to begin with.

Yes. For a long time, phy meant Ethernet PHY. And then the generic PHY
framework came along, and decided to reuse the phy prefix, rather than
genphy, or something unique. And now we have confusion.

	Andrew