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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/phy/marvell10g.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/marvell10g.c b/drivers/net/phy/marvell10g.c index f0cfba4e758b..37ba68d7c385 100644 --- a/drivers/net/phy/marvell10g.c +++ b/drivers/net/phy/marvell10g.c @@ -6,12 +6,18 @@ * * There appears to be several different data paths through the PHY which * are automatically managed by the PHY. The following has been determined - * via observation and experimentation: + * via observation and experimentation for a setup using single-lane Serdes: * * SGMII PHYXS -- BASE-T PCS -- 10G PMA -- AN -- Copper (for <= 1G) * 10GBASE-KR PHYXS -- BASE-T PCS -- 10G PMA -- AN -- Copper (for 10G) * 10GBASE-KR PHYXS -- BASE-R PCS -- Fiber * + * With XAUI, observation shows: + * + * XAUI PHYXS -- <appropriate PCS as above> + * + * and no switching of the host interface mode occurs. + * * If both the fiber and copper ports are connected, the first to gain * link takes priority and the other port is completely locked out. */ |