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Date:   Mon, 2 Nov 2020 15:46:06 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To:     Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/6] docs: networking: add the document for DFL Ether
 Group driver
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> I did some investigation and now I have some details.
> The term 'PHY' described in Ether Group Spec should be the PCS + PMA, a figure
> below for one configuration:
> 
>  +------------------------+          +-----------------+
>  | Host Side Ether Group  |          |      XL710      |
>  |                        |          |                 |
>  | +--------------------+ |          |                 |
>  | | 40G Ether IP       | |          |                 |
>  | |                    | |          |                 |
>  | |       +---------+  | |  XLAUI   |                 |
>  | | MAC - |PCS - PMA|  | |----------| PMA - PCS - MAC |
>  | |       +---------+  | |          |                 |
>  +-+--------------------+-+          +-----------------+

Thanks, that makes a lot more sense.

	Andrew