On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 04:33:26PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Thursday, July 14, 2016 4:29:43 PM CEST Philipp Zabel wrote: > > + > > + - micrel,fiber-mode: If present the PHY is configured to operate in fiber > > mode > > + > > + Some PHYs, such as the KSZ8041FTL variant, support fiber mode, > > enabled > > + by the FXEN boot strapping pin. It can't be determined from the PHY > > + registers whether the PHY is in fiber mode, so this boolean device > > tree > > + property can be used to describe it. > > + > > + In fiber mode, auto-negotiation is disabled and the PHY can only > > work in > > + 100base-fx (full and half duplex) modes. > > > > Could the generic "phy-mode" property used for this, to avoid the need for > definingn a custom property?
Hi Arnd phy-mode is about the link between the MAC and the PHY. This property is about the link between the PHY and its peer PHY. Andrew
