Thread (39 messages) 39 messages, 6 authors, 2012-07-02
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[PATCH v2 2/2] net: flexcan: add transceiver switch gpios support

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
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