On Sep 18, Chris G. Demetriou wrote
> Why can't you do all of this without stuffing it into the
> autoconfiguration framework?  Why the strong desire to put it there?

In order to be able to compile a kernel with only the PHY driver you need.

> 
> What kinds of things other than PHYs live on MII busses?  Can you have
> mutiple PHYs on an MII bus (and does anyone do this, or have any plans
> to do this)?

The ethernet board has 2 PHYs: in integrated one of the thunderland, and the
NS. I think only the NS is used though.

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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