Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] net: usb: move exported code to usbnet

From: Andrew Lunn

Date: Thu Jul 02 2026 - 14:16:13 EST


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