Re: [PATCH] CDC-NCM: remove "connected" log message

[Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.com>]

Am Montag, den 04.01.2021, 11:13 -0800 schrieb Roland Dreier:
> > > to preserve the legacy behavior rather than changing the behavior of
> > > every usbnet driver all at once?  Like make a new
> > > usbnet_get_link_ksettings_nonmdio and update only cdc_ncm to use it?
> > 
> > Then I would have to touch them all. The problem is that the MDIO
> > stuff really is pretty much a layering violation. It should never
> > have been default. But now it is.
> 
> I don't understand this.  Your 0001 patch changes the behavior of
> usbnet_get_link_ksettings() and you have to touch all of the 8 drivers
> that use it if you don't want to change their behavior.  If you keep
> the old usbnet_get_link_ksettings() and add
> usbnet_get_link_ksettings_nonmdio() then you can just update cdc_ncm
> to start with, and then gradually migrate other drivers.  And
> eventually fix the layering violation and get rid of the legacy
> function when the whole transition is done.

Hi,

now that you put it that way, I get the merit of what you are saying.
Very well. I will submit the first set of patches.

May I add your "Tested-by"?

	Regards
		Oliver