From: Russell King Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 09:44:04 +0000 (+0100) Subject: net: phylink: clarify where phylink should be used X-Git-Url: http://git.maquefel.me/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=67e80b99a5546b26561c7848f9fc1cf73d707792;p=linux.git net: phylink: clarify where phylink should be used 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 Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- diff --git a/Documentation/networking/sfp-phylink.rst b/Documentation/networking/sfp-phylink.rst index 91446b431b70b..a5e00a159d214 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.