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From: Stefan Roese <sr@denx.de>
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Subject: Re: AMCC 440EP phy detection
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 19:18:01 +0200
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On Tuesday 07 April 2009, Grant Likely wrote:
> Phy address 0 is the broadcast address.  All phys will usually respond
> to address 0 accesses.

Not all. Some (e.g. LXT971) can be used at this address. But you're correct,  
it's definitely a bad idea to use 0 as an PHY address.

Not sure how the Micrel reacts here. The datasheet could help...

Best regards,
Stefan