Subject: Re: AMCC 440EP phy detection

From: Stefan Roese <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 19:18:01 +0200

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