From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: add extension of phy-mode for XLGMII Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2017 13:42:07 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20170104.134207.1106369954702793597.davem@davemloft.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: f.fainelli@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: Jie.Deng1@synopsys.com Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Jie Deng Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 13:04:04 +0800 > The Synopsys DWC_xlgmac core provides a multiplexed 40-Gigabit > Media-Independent Interface (XLGMII, an IEEE 802.3 Clause 81 > compliant reconciliation sub-layer) for communication with > the 100/50/40/25-Gigabit PHY and 10-Gigabit Media-Independent > Interface (XGMII, an IEEE 802.3 Clause 46 compliant reconciliation > sub-layer) for communication with the 10-Gigabit PHY. > > Currently, There are only interface mode definitions for "xgmii". > This patch adds the definitions for the PHY layer to recognize > "xlgmii" as a valid PHY interface. > > Signed-off-by: Jie Deng It makes no sense to add these definitions unless you also submit uses of them alongside at the same time. Thanks.