Re: [PATCH net-next 2/7] net: phy: mscc: add support for VSC8584 PHY
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Date: 2018-09-14 13:18:57
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From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Date: 2018-09-14 13:18:57
Also in:
linux-mips, lkml, netdev
Most of the init sequence of a PHY of the package is common to all PHYs in the package, thus we use the SMI broadcast feature which enables us to propagate a write in one register of one PHY to all PHYs in the package.
Hi Quinten Could you say a bit more about the broadcast. Does the SMI broadcast go to all PHY everywhere on an MDIO bus, or only all PHYs within one package? I'm just thinking about the case you need two of these packages to cover 8 switch ports. Thanks Andrew