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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking/phy.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/phy.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/phy.txt b/Documentation/networking/phy.txt index 95e5f5985a2..d5b1a393524 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/phy.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/phy.txt @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Letting the PHY Abstraction Layer do Everything Now, to connect, just call this function: - phydev = phy_connect(dev, phy_name, &adjust_link, flags, interface); + phydev = phy_connect(dev, phy_name, &adjust_link, interface); phydev is a pointer to the phy_device structure which represents the PHY. If phy_connect is successful, it will return the pointer. dev, here, is the @@ -113,7 +113,9 @@ Letting the PHY Abstraction Layer do Everything current state, though the PHY will not yet be truly operational at this point. - flags is a u32 which can optionally contain phy-specific flags. + PHY-specific flags should be set in phydev->dev_flags prior to the call + to phy_connect() such that the underlying PHY driver can check for flags + and perform specific operations based on them. This is useful if the system has put hardware restrictions on the PHY/controller, of which the PHY needs to be aware. @@ -185,11 +187,10 @@ Doing it all yourself start, or disables then frees them for stop. struct phy_device * phy_attach(struct net_device *dev, const char *phy_id, - u32 flags, phy_interface_t interface); + phy_interface_t interface); Attaches a network device to a particular PHY, binding the PHY to a generic - driver if none was found during bus initialization. Passes in - any phy-specific flags as needed. + driver if none was found during bus initialization. int phy_start_aneg(struct phy_device *phydev); |