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In-between the MAC & PHY there can be a mode converter, which converts one mode to another (e.g. GMII-to-RGMII). The converter, can be passive (i.e. no driver or OS/SW information required), so the MAC & PHY need to be configured differently. For the `stmmac` driver, this is implemented via a `mac-mode` property in the device-tree, which configures the MAC into a certain mode, and for the PHY a `phy_interface` field will hold the mode of the PHY. The mode of the PHY will be passed to the PHY and from there-on it work in a different mode. If unspecified, the default `phy-mode` will be used for both. Signed-off-by: Alexandru Ardelean <alexandru.ardelean@analog.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.