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-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/phy.txt2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/phy.txt b/Documentation/networking/phy.txt
index e602c6f347df..3544c98401fd 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/phy.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/phy.txt
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ The MDIO bus
time, so it is safe for them to block, waiting for an interrupt to signal
the operation is complete
- 2) A reset function is necessary. This is used to return the bus to an
+ 2) A reset function is optional. This is used to return the bus to an
initialized state.
3) A probe function is needed. This function should set up anything the bus