Re: [PATCH 4/6] net: phy: maxio: extend PHY ID matching

On Mon, Aug 03, 2026 at 12:14:50PM +0200, Andre Przywara wrote:
> Currently the maxio Ethernet PHY driver expects a PHY matching exactly the
> one ID provided: 0x7b744412. The Maxio MAE0621A-Q3C model used on
> the Allwinner based X96QPro+ TV box uses a slightly different PHY ID:
> 0x7b744411.
> 
> Replace the "exact match" requirement with the more relaxed "model
> match" version, which ignores the lowest 4 bits of the PHY ID. Both
> PHYs should now be recognised by the driver.

Is there any documentation to suggest this is different versions of
the same PHY? The datasheet sometimes document the lower nibble as
being version.

	Andrew