Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] net: usb: move exported code to usbnet
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Date: 2026-07-02 18:16:02
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From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Date: 2026-07-02 18:16:02
Also in:
linux-usb, lkml
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. Andrew