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From:   "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
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On Mon, Oct 04, 2021 at 03:15:24PM -0400, Sean Anderson wrote:
> This function is useful when probing MDIO devices which present a
> phy-like interface despite not using the Linux ethernet phy subsystem.

Maybe we should consider moving this into mdio_device.c and renaming
it if it's going to become more generic? Maybe mdio_read_c22_id()?
Andrew, Heiner, any opinions?

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