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From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/2] ixgbe: register a mdiobus
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 20:00:47 +0100
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On Mon, Dec 03, 2018 at 06:55:22PM +0000, Steve Douthit wrote:
> Most dsa devices expect a 'struct mii_bus' pointer to talk to switches
> via the MII interface.
> 
> While this works for dsa devices, it will not work safely with Linux
> PHYs in all configurations since the firmware of the ixgbe device may
> be polling some PHY addresses in the background.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Douthit <stephend@silicom-usa.com>

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

    Andrew

From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 20:00:47 +0100
Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next v3 1/2] ixgbe: register a
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On Mon, Dec 03, 2018 at 06:55:22PM +0000, Steve Douthit wrote:
> Most dsa devices expect a 'struct mii_bus' pointer to talk to switches
> via the MII interface.
> 
> While this works for dsa devices, it will not work safely with Linux
> PHYs in all configurations since the firmware of the ixgbe device may
> be polling some PHY addresses in the background.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Douthit <stephend@silicom-usa.com>

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

    Andrew