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Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2024 03:21:03 +0100
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5 01/13] net: phy: Introduce ethernet link
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> Complete noob question but I thought PHYs get attached at ndo_open
> time for drivers, don't they? 

Some do. Others get attached during probe. And Copper PHYs inside SFPs
get attached when hot-plugged.

     Andrew