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Subject: Re: [PATCH] phy: nxp-c45: add driver for tja1103
From:   "Radu Nicolae Pirea (NXP OSS)" <radu-nicolae.pirea@oss.nxp.com>
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On Mon, 2021-04-12 at 16:23 +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > 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?
Yes. C45 is robust and, if the PHY interface is standard, you can
support Base-T, Base-T1, and so on in the same register interface.
> 
>        Andrew