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+The following properties are common to the Ethernet controllers:
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+- local-mac-address: array of 6 bytes, specifies the MAC address that was
+  assigned to the network device;
+- mac-address: array of 6 bytes, specifies the MAC address that was last used by
+  the boot program; should be used in cases where the MAC address assigned to
+  the device by the boot program is different from the "local-mac-address"
+  property;
+- max-speed: number, specifies maximum speed in Mbit/s supported by the device;
+- max-frame-size: number, maximum transfer unit (IEEE defined MTU), rather than
+  the maximum frame size (there's contradiction in ePAPR).
+- phy-mode: string, operation mode of the PHY interface; supported values are
+  "mii", "gmii", "sgmii", "qsgmii", "tbi", "rev-mii", "rmii", "rgmii", "rgmii-id",
+  "rgmii-rxid", "rgmii-txid", "rtbi", "smii", "xgmii"; this is now a de-facto
+  standard property;
+- phy-connection-type: the same as "phy-mode" property but described in ePAPR;
+- phy-handle: phandle, specifies a reference to a node representing a PHY
+  device; this property is described in ePAPR and so preferred;
+- phy: the same as "phy-handle" property, not recommended for new bindings.
+- phy-device: the same as "phy-handle" property, not recommended for new
+  bindings.
+- rx-fifo-depth: the size of the controller's receive fifo in bytes. This
+  is used for components that can have configurable receive fifo sizes,
+  and is useful for determining certain configuration settings such as
+  flow control thresholds.
+- tx-fifo-depth: the size of the controller's transmit fifo in bytes. This
+  is used for components that can have configurable fifo sizes.
+
+Child nodes of the Ethernet controller are typically the individual PHY devices
+connected via the MDIO bus (sometimes the MDIO bus controller is separate).
+They are described in the phy.txt file in this same directory.