[EXT] Re: [PATCH net-next 02/10] net: phy: phylink: allow 10GKR interface to use in-band negotiation

[Stefan Chulski]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Lunn [mailto:andrew at lunn.ch]
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2018 3:00 PM
> To: Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart at bootlin.com>
> Cc: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux at armlinux.org.uk>;
> davem at davemloft.net; kishon at ti.com; gregory.clement at bootlin.com;
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> Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net-next 02/10] net: phy: phylink: allow 10GKR
> interface to use in-band negotiation
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> Hi Antoine
> 
> > You guessed right, that's exactly my use case. The DB boards (7k and
> > 8k) have 10G interfaces without PHYs.
> 
> If they don't have PHYs, how are the connected to the outside world?
> 
>    Andrew

By external SFP or direct attached cable.

Stefan.