AMCC 440EP phy detection

Stefan Roese sr at denx.de
Wed Apr 8 03:18:01 EST 2009


On Tuesday 07 April 2009, Grant Likely wrote:
> Phy address 0 is the broadcast address.  All phys will usually respond
> to address 0 accesses.

Not all. Some (e.g. LXT971) can be used at this address. But you're correct,  
it's definitely a bad idea to use 0 as an PHY address.

Not sure how the Micrel reacts here. The datasheet could help...

Best regards,
Stefan



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