[PATCH v2 2/2] net: flexcan: add transceiver switch gpios support

[Lothar Waßmann]

Hi,

Shawn Guo writes:
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 01:29:19PM +0200, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote:
> > I mean which name is more precise, do these gpio enable/standy a "phy"
> > or a "transceiver". For example:
> > http://www.nxp.com/documents/application_note/AN00094.pdf, this document
> > says: TJA1041/1041A high speed CAN transceiver.
> > 
> Isn't term "phy" (physical interface) generally meant to be the same
> thing as "transceiver"?  I just happened to like the shorter one as
> what Hui did in his patch.
> 
> But it does not really matter to me, will change the name since you
> care about it.
> 
A transceiver is just a dumb piece of hardware, while a PHY contains
some intelligence of its own.


Lothar Waßmann
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