Re: [PATCH] net: phy: dp83867: Port mirroring support in the DP83867 TI's PHY driver

From: Florian Fainelli
Date: Wed Feb 01 2017 - 14:05:22 EST


On 02/01/2017 09:16 AM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 03:43:35PM +0100, Lukasz Majewski wrote:
>> This patch adds support for enabling or disabling the port mirroring
>> feature of the DP83867 TI's PHY device.
>>
>> One use case is when bootstrap configuration enables this feature (because
>> of e.g. LED wiring) so then one needs to disable it in software
>> (u-boot/Linux).
>
> Hi Lukasz
>
> How does this differ from "enet-phy-lane-swap"?

Same here, I am confused about what port mirroring could be meaning here
and if we can find a better way to describe what is being added. Thanks!
--
Florian