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From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 4/5] net: phy: add Lynx PCS MDIO module
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> Are there really instances where the ethernet driver has to manage multiple
> different types of PCSs? I am not sure this type of snippet of code is really
> going to occur.

Hi Ioana

The Marvell mv88e6390 family has three PCS's, one for SGMII/1000BaseX,
a 10Gbase-X4/X2 and a 10GBAse-R. So this sort of code could appear.

  Andrew