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Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
>> The fs_enet driver doesn't currently support phy-less 
>> directly, but you 
>> may be able to do something with the fixed phy driver.
> 
> How is PHY less support supposed to be impl.? I would like
> to do the same for ucc_geth. I once sent a patch that made
> the PHY optional, but it never made into the driver.

Basically, the driver needs to assume the link is up if there's no 
phy-handle in the device tree, rather than error out.

-Scott