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

[Oliver Neukum]

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