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Re: RFC: PHY Abstraction Layer II

from [Glen Turner] [Permanent Link][Original]
To: Andy Fleming <afleming@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: RFC: PHY Abstraction Layer II
From: Glen Turner <glen.turner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 05:59:20 +0930
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx>, Netdev <netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Kumar Gala <kumar.gala@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Operationally, it would be very useful if the PHY printed
the physical interface detail when detected (1000Base-LX,
etc).

Also, it would be nice to be able to retrieve PHY data
independent of the interface status (eg, to retrieve
asset serial numbers, GBIC make/models, etc).

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 Glen Turner         Tel: (08) 8303 3936 or +61 8 8303 3936
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