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Date:   Fri, 28 Aug 2020 16:36:05 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To:     Asmaa Mnebhi <asmaa@nvidia.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] Add Mellanox BlueField Gigabit Ethernet driver
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On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 02:24:28PM +0000, Asmaa Mnebhi wrote:
> > > +	  The second generation BlueField SoC from Mellanox Technologies
> > > +	  supports an out-of-band Gigabit Ethernet management port to the
> > > +	  Arm subsystem.
> > 
> > You might want to additionally select the PHY driver you are using.
> > 

> It is preferable to not set a specific PHY driver here because it is
> susceptible to change. And even customers might use a different PHY
> device.

O.K. Not a problem.

     Andrew