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> I suggest everyone take a look at the effort posted to netdev:
> 
> http://oss.sgi.com/archives/netdev/2004-12/msg00643.html

That's the work Dan told me about. Now we just have to update the 
au1x driver :)

Pete


> It's an attempt at a phy abstraction layer that goes the next
> logical step after the minimal support provided in mii.h.
> 
> It's evolved out of the in-driver abstraction that is currently
> used in the sungem, ibm_emac, and gianfar drivers in 2.6. It
> was just a matter of time before somebody got tired of copying
> the same PHY mgmt bits into every driver. :)
> 
> -Matt
> 
>