If I am writing a network MAC driver, for hardware that has a phy that is already supported, if I provide the appropriate mdio_read() and mdio_write() calls to access the phy registers, and setup my config to include phylib and drivers for my specific phy, what else do I have to take care of with respect to the phy within my driver ? -- Dave Lynch DLA Systems Software Development: Embedded Linux 717.627.3770 dhlii@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.dlasys.net fax: 1.253.369.9244 Cell: 1.717.587.7774 Over 25 years' experience in platforms, languages, and technologies too numerous to list. "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." Albert Einstein -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/