Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: ethernet: micrel: ks8842: use dmaengine_submit() instead of ->tx_submit()

[Simon Horman]

On Fri, Oct 02, 2026 at 03:30:19PM -0400, Frank.Li@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Frank Li <Frank.Li@xxxxxxx>
> 
> Replace direct dma_async_tx_descriptor->tx_submit() calls with the
> proper dmaengine_submit() API wrapper.
> 
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@xxxxxxx>

Hi Frank,

Is there a back-story to this change?
Is it part of something larger?

In face value it looks like a cleanup to an unmaintained driver.
And if so, I'm not sure it's worth the churn.