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 <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- 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. -- 2.7.4
