[EXT] Re: [PATCH net-next 03/18] net: mvpp2: set the SMI PHY address when connecting to the PHY

Andrew Lunn andrew at lunn.ch
Wed Aug 23 06:34:35 PDT 2017


> This feature work only for Out-of-Band Auto-Negotiation in SGMII Mode.
> Current GoP(MAC) code configure SGMII In-band Auto-Negotiation performed by the PCS layer
> without PHY polling.

Hi Stefan

So there is no need to configure the address then, leave PHY polling
turned off and we avoid all the issues.

       Andrew



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