Re: [PATCH net-next v4 11/12] microchip: lan865x: add driver support for Microchip's LAN865X MAC-PHY

[Andrew Lunn]

> I agree with your assesment, the phy won't reset itself, but maybe we
> could add some comment doc about not adding it for the lan8670,
> so no one trips over that in the future.

In the PHY driver, you can provide your own .soft_reset handler. It
could return -EOPNOTSUPP, or -EINVAL. Maybe check the data sheets for
the standalone devices supported by the driver. Can you limit this to
just the TC6 PHY?

     Andrew