From 67e80b99a5546b26561c7848f9fc1cf73d707792 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Russell King Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 10:44:04 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] net: phylink: clarify where phylink should be used Update the phylink documentation to make it clear that phylink is designed to be used on the MAC facing side of the link, rather than between a SFP and PHY. Signed-off-by: Russell King Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- Documentation/networking/sfp-phylink.rst | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/sfp-phylink.rst b/Documentation/networking/sfp-phylink.rst index 91446b431b70..a5e00a159d21 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/sfp-phylink.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/sfp-phylink.rst @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ Overview ======== phylink is a mechanism to support hot-pluggable networking modules -without needing to re-initialise the adapter on hot-plug events. +directly connected to a MAC without needing to re-initialise the +adapter on hot-plug events. phylink supports conventional phylib-based setups, fixed link setups and SFP (Small Formfactor Pluggable) modules at present.