[PATCH v2 2/2] net: flexcan: add transceiver switch gpios support
From: Shawn Guo <hidden>
Date: 2012-06-28 12:13:04
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From: Shawn Guo <hidden>
Date: 2012-06-28 12:13:04
Also in:
linux-can
On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 02:07:57PM +0200, Lothar Wa?mann wrote:
Hi, Shawn Guo writes:quoted
On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 01:29:19PM +0200, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote:quoted
I mean which name is more precise, do these gpio enable/standy a "phy" or a "transceiver". For example: http://www.nxp.com/documents/application_note/AN00094.pdf, this document says: TJA1041/1041A high speed CAN transceiver.Isn't term "phy" (physical interface) generally meant to be the same thing as "transceiver"? I just happened to like the shorter one as what Hui did in his patch. But it does not really matter to me, will change the name since you care about it.A transceiver is just a dumb piece of hardware, while a PHY contains some intelligence of its own.
Then, it sounds more like a PHY than transceiver, since it's an IC chip with some control over it. -- Regards, Shawn