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Date:   Mon, 12 Apr 2021 16:23:43 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To:     "Radu Nicolae Pirea (NXP OSS)" <radu-nicolae.pirea@oss.nxp.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] phy: nxp-c45: add driver for tja1103
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> It is purely a C45 device.

> Even if the PHY will be based on the same IP or not, if it is a C45
> PHY, it will be supported by this driver. We are not talking about 2 or
> 3 PHYs. This driver will support all future C45 PHYs. That's why we
> named it "NXP C45".

So if in future you produce C45 multi-gige PHYs, which have nothing in
common with the T1 automative PHY, it will still be in this driver?

       Andrew