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net: phylink: clarify where phylink should be used
authorRussell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
Sat, 14 Sep 2019 09:44:04 +0000 (10:44 +0100)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Mon, 16 Sep 2019 14:53:44 +0000 (16:53 +0200)
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 <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Documentation/networking/sfp-phylink.rst

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@@ -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.