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Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:10:24 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v2] net: pcs: airoha: add support for Airoha
 AN7583 SoC
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On Fri, Sep 25, 2026 at 09:27:10AM +0200, Christian Marangi wrote:
> Add support for Airoha AN7583 PCS. This use a new analog PHY
> implementation that doesn't require manual calibration but makes use of
> internal algo to lock to the center of the band EYE.

Is this PHY capable of other things? PCIE? USB?

I ask because a generic PHY driver is often used to represent the PHY,
and that can support PCIE, USB as well as networking.

    Andrew