"float PHYs", communication between indirect attached devices

2011-12-10 Thread Aleksandr Rybalko
Hi net@ subscribers, Simple explanation of problem: real situation, device with two NICs (arge0 and arge1) arge0 attached to PHY w/o direct access to it. arge1 attached to switch MII port (and have access to MDIO bus). switch have child MDIO bus for all Physical ports. One of this ports (or his

Re: "float PHYs", communication between indirect attached devices

2011-12-10 Thread Marius Strobl
On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 02:05:40PM +0200, Aleksandr Rybalko wrote: > Hi net@ subscribers, > > Simple explanation of problem: > real situation, device with two NICs (arge0 and arge1) > arge0 attached to PHY w/o direct access to it. > arge1 attached to switch MII port (and have access to MDIO bus).

Re: "float PHYs", communication between indirect attached devices

2011-12-10 Thread Adrian Chadd
On 10 December 2011 23:05, Aleksandr Rybalko wrote: > Hi net@ subscribers, > > Simple explanation of problem: > real situation, device with two NICs (arge0 and arge1) > arge0 attached to PHY w/o direct access to it. > arge1 attached to switch MII port (and have access to MDIO bus). > > switch have