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authorFlorian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>2017-05-25 09:21:42 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2017-05-26 14:37:41 -0400
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net: sysfs: Document "phydev" symbolic link
Now that we link the network device to its PHY device, document this sysfs symbolic link. Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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@@ -251,3 +251,11 @@ Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Description:
Indicates the unique physical switch identifier of a switch this
port belongs to, as a string.
+
+What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/phydev
+Date: May 2017
+KernelVersion: 4.13
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Symbolic link to the PHY device this network device is attached
+ to.