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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH net-next 0/7] net: phy: introduce phy numbering
> FWIW when thinking about multiple PHY to a single MAC, what comes to my 
> mind is the SIS 900 board, and its driver net/ethernet/sis/sis900.c
>
> It has a function sis900_default_phy() that loops over all phys to find
> one with up-link then to put all but that one in ISOLATE mode. Then when
> the link goes down it loops again to find another up-link.
>
> I guess your series would also help in that case, wouldn't it ?

Yes, it would. However, that driver would need its PHY handling
re-written because it is using the old MII code, not phylib.

Andrew

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