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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/phy/smsc.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/smsc.c b/drivers/net/phy/smsc.c
index 44fa9e00cc50..92225d0fc246 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/smsc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/smsc.c
@@ -484,7 +484,11 @@ static struct phy_driver smsc_phy_driver[] = {
.suspend = genphy_suspend,
.resume = genphy_resume,
}, {
- .phy_id = 0x0007c130, /* 0x0007c130 and 0x0007c131 */
+ .phy_id = 0x0007c130, /* 0x0007c130 and 0x0007c131 */
+ /* This mask (0xfffffff2) is to differentiate from
+ * LAN88xx (phy_id 0x0007c132)
+ * and allows future phy_id revisions.
+ */
.phy_id_mask = 0xfffffff2,
.name = "Microchip LAN8742",