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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2021
Applicant:
Marvell Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore, SG;
Inventor:
Paul Langner, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
MARVELL ASIA PTE LTD, Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0803 (2022.01); H04L 67/104 (2022.01); H04L 69/323 (2022.01); H04L 41/00 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0803 (2013.01); H04L 41/24 (2013.01); H04L 67/104 (2013.01); H04L 69/323 (2013.01);
Abstract
An Ethernet physical-layer (PHY) device includes an analog front-end and one or more processors. The analog front-end is configured to interface with an Ethernet link that is coupled to a peer Ethernet PHY device. The one or more processors are configured to receive a firmware image from the peer Ethernet PHY device over the Ethernet link, and to boot the Ethernet PHY device and establish Ethernet communication with the peer Ethernet PHY device in accordance with the received firmware image.