[PATCH net-next v4 13/13] Documentation: networking: document phy_link_topology
Andrew Lunn
andrew at lunn.ch
Mon Dec 18 02:10:29 PST 2023
> +An Ethernet Interface from userspace's poing of view is nothing but a
point
> +:c:type:`struct net_device <net_device>`, which exposes configuration options
> +trough the legacy ioctls and the ethool netlink commands. The base assumption
through
> +when designing these configuration channels were that the link looked
> +something like this ::
> +
> + +-----------------------+ +----------+ +--------------+
> + | Ethernet Controller / | | Ethernet | | Connector / |
> + | MAC | ------ | PHY | ---- | Port | ---... to LP
> + +-----------------------+ +----------+ +--------------+
> + struct net_device struct phy_device
> +
> +Commands that needs to configure the PHY will go through the net_device.phydev
> +field to reach the PHY and perform the relevant configuration.
> +
> +This assumption falls appart in more complex topologies that can arise when,
apart.
Andrew
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