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([2001:a61:134e:e801:4abc:8076:7fbf:d0bc]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id ffacd0b85a97d-477db3dbc75sm17654391f8f.5.2026.07.03.03.16.20 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 03 Jul 2026 03:16:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2026 12:16:20 +0200 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] net: usb: move exported code to usbnet To: Andrew Lunn , Oliver Neukum Cc: andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, shaoxul@foxmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20260702143142.890654-1-oneukum@suse.com> Content-Language: en-US From: Oliver Neukum In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 02.07.26 20:15, Andrew Lunn wrote: > On Thu, Jul 02, 2026 at 04:25:29PM +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote: >> Some drivers are reusing common code originating in other drivers. >> This means that two drivers need to be loaded for one device. > > Maybe consider using 'framework' or 'library', rather than driver, > when referring to the shared code? > > I tend to think of a driver as the leaf node which probes based on > enumeration of a bus. But usbnet.c itself is never probed. Yes, I also think of a leaf node when a "driver" is referred to. That is the very point. Currently you need _two_ drivers and usbnet for some devices. Should I reformulate? If so, how exactly? Regards Oliver