Re: [PATCH net-next 06/19] net: usb: aqc111: Introduce link management

Hi Andrew,

Hi Igor, Dmitry

Please could you explain why you decided to not use drivers/net/phy?
The previous patch introduced basically what you need to export a
standard Linux MDIO bus. From that you can use a standard Linux PHY
driver.

Thats again because of this product has tightly integrated MAC+Phy.
MAC FW controls system interface and reports/alters link state
as a joint state on copper and SIF (even in dpa direct phy mode).

We can't extract phy api into a standalone fully functional phylib therefore.
Also as far as I know this particular phy is not available in the wild.

Regards,
  Igor