RE: [PATCH net v2 0/2] Fix PHY handle no longer parsing

[Sit, Michael Wei Hong]

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> Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 0/2] Fix PHY handle no longer parsing
> 
> On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 03:02:06PM +0800, Michael Sit Wei Hong
> wrote:
> > After the fixed link support was introduced, it is observed that
> PHY
> > no longer attach to the MAC properly.
> 
> You are aware, I hope, that fixed-link and having a PHY are
> mutually exclusive?
> 
> In other words, you can't use fixed-link to specify parameters for
> a PHY.
> 
Yes but when the fixed-link support code was added, all our non
fixed-link devices are not attaching the PHYs to the MACs, hence
the reason for this patch series, to ensure both fixed-link and
non fixed-link scenarios work properly.
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