From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90A33C4CEC9 for ; Sat, 14 Sep 2019 09:44:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 632D120717 for ; Sat, 14 Sep 2019 09:44:28 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key) header.d=armlinux.org.uk header.i=@armlinux.org.uk header.b="B2O1ieu/" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727788AbfINJoO (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Sep 2019 05:44:14 -0400 Received: from pandora.armlinux.org.uk ([78.32.30.218]:48198 "EHLO pandora.armlinux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727481AbfINJoN (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Sep 2019 05:44:13 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=armlinux.org.uk; s=pandora-2019; h=Date:Sender:Message-Id:Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding:MIME-Version:Subject:Cc:To:From:Reply-To:Content-ID :Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To: Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:List-Id:List-Help: List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=+RCsecl4XFSAh5od79eQzjyI2W4TVZD7Ov41MQaPwHg=; b=B2O1ieu/xv3HtIIyGDzZTvSIqz X1xIwHukl+c0WPyZeT2AojpGit4OTpQksk0kg5HK4EzJFL6iJ4xscjrVqNZhmHbMl1WqHG/TWUOHf lrvzGWkqXKqyYHcxJgU9wK8HPPHsGJGXkX7u0DpalRT3h/00Se0TEm6QjmYqsbCylVu2bklWmOu5P XDLNmIUMkIREoWS0ZTEpUKb2ttKQuGc1s58ak18oi4xWvQwO9dXyr5h1nHXaIxKRxDe8xFQ3kw2O1 9VE0vRtUxEvKjf1h61R4z2938X67aqQPKbnwAOZgSHH8APGiggrfk6M4qy+W+lr9iYKBs08pqqfZk wqIfNN4A==; Received: from e0022681537dd.dyn.armlinux.org.uk ([2001:4d48:ad52:3201:222:68ff:fe15:37dd]:53340 helo=rmk-PC.armlinux.org.uk) by pandora.armlinux.org.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1i94b7-00083R-KK; Sat, 14 Sep 2019 10:44:05 +0100 Received: from rmk by rmk-PC.armlinux.org.uk with local (Exim 4.82_1-5b7a7c0-XX) (envelope-from ) id 1i94b6-0008TL-IR; Sat, 14 Sep 2019 10:44:04 +0100 From: Russell King To: "David S. Miller" Cc: Andrew Lunn , Florian Fainelli , Heiner Kallweit , Jonathan Corbet , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH net-next] net: phylink: clarify where phylink should be used MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Message-Id: Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 10:44:04 +0100 Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org Update the phylink documentation to make it clear that phylink is designed to be used on the MAC facing side of the link, rather than between a SFP and PHY. Signed-off-by: Russell King --- Documentation/networking/sfp-phylink.rst | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/sfp-phylink.rst b/Documentation/networking/sfp-phylink.rst index 91446b431b70..a5e00a159d21 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/sfp-phylink.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/sfp-phylink.rst @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ Overview ======== phylink is a mechanism to support hot-pluggable networking modules -without needing to re-initialise the adapter on hot-plug events. +directly connected to a MAC without needing to re-initialise the +adapter on hot-plug events. phylink supports conventional phylib-based setups, fixed link setups and SFP (Small Formfactor Pluggable) modules at present. -- 2.7.4