IEEE 802.3 Clause 45 added backwards-compatible support for 2^16 PHY registers
through the addition of an additional device address frame.
Clause 45 addressing is used in 10Gbe PHYs, 802.3az EEE registers, etc. It may
make sense to provide a similar extension to the miibus interface, but I've
refrained from unilaterally doing so here.
Submitted by: Landon Fuller <landon@landonf.org>
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D4607
The mdio driver interface is generally useful for devices that require
MDIO without the full MII bus interface. This lifts the driver/interface
out of etherswitch(4), and adds a mdio(4) man page.
Submitted by: Landon Fuller <landon@landonf.org>
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D4606
