| MDIO(4) | Device Drivers Manual | MDIO(4) |
mdio — IEEE 802.3
Management Data Input/Output interface
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following line in your kernel configuration file:
device mdioThe mdio driver provides an
interconnection between the Media Access Control (MAC) sublayer and Physical
Layer (PHY) entities' control and status registers, as defined by the IEEE
802.3 Standard.
The mdio layer allows device drivers to
share common support code for various external PHY devices.
MDIO is one of two signal interfaces that comprise the Media Independent Interface (MII) defined by the IEEE 802.3 Standard. The miibus(4) driver provides support for devices that require full MII support.
More information on MDIO can be found in the IEEE 802.3 Standard.
The mdio driver first appeared in
FreeBSD 10.0.
The driver was written by Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de>.
| December 17, 2015 | Debian |