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Subject: Re: Making fs_enet phy unaware
From: Ben Warren <bwarren@qstreams.com>
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Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:52:16 -0400
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Hi Antonio,

On Mon, 2007-06-11 at 12:30 +0200, DI BACCO ANTONIO - technolabs wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> how can I avoid that fs_enet driver uses its associated phy? My problem
> is that my FEC is attached to a switch  and three other ports of the
> switch are connected to three physical connectors. I don't want that the
> driver bothers about the PHYs. 

If you search the archives you'll find patches by Vitaly Bordug and Andy
Fleming for so-called 'Fixed PHY'.  I've been using this for quite a
while and it works quite well.

regards,
Ben