Commit 439625a7 authored by Russell King's avatar Russell King Committed by David S. Miller

net: phy: reword get_phy_device() kerneldoc

Reword the get_phy_device() kerneldoc to be more explicit about how
we probe for the PHY, and what the various return conditions signify.
Reviewed-by: default avatarFlorian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarRussell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent ee951005
......@@ -800,8 +800,17 @@ static int get_phy_c22_id(struct mii_bus *bus, int addr, u32 *phy_id)
* @addr: PHY address on the MII bus
* @is_c45: If true the PHY uses the 802.3 clause 45 protocol
*
* Description: Reads the ID registers of the PHY at @addr on the
* @bus, then allocates and returns the phy_device to represent it.
* Probe for a PHY at @addr on @bus.
*
* When probing for a clause 22 PHY, then read the ID registers. If we find
* a valid ID, allocate and return a &struct phy_device.
*
* When probing for a clause 45 PHY, read the "devices in package" registers.
* If the "devices in package" appears valid, read the ID registers for each
* MMD, allocate and return a &struct phy_device.
*
* Returns an allocated &struct phy_device on success, %-ENODEV if there is
* no PHY present, or %-EIO on bus access error.
*/
struct phy_device *get_phy_device(struct mii_bus *bus, int addr, bool is_c45)
{
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