Date:   Fri, 17 Mar 2023 20:54:27 +0000
From:   "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
To:     Michael Sit Wei Hong <michael.wei.hong.sit@intel.com>
Cc:     Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@st.com>,
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        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
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        Looi Hong Aun <hong.aun.looi@intel.com>,
        Voon Weifeng <weifeng.voon@intel.com>,
        Lai Peter Jun Ann <peter.jun.ann.lai@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 0/2] Fix PHY handle no longer parsing
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On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 03:02:06PM +0800, Michael Sit Wei Hong wrote:
> After the fixed link support was introduced, it is observed that PHY
> no longer attach to the MAC properly.

You are aware, I hope, that fixed-link and having a PHY are mutually
exclusive?

In other words, you can't use fixed-link to specify parameters for a
PHY.

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