Re: [GIT PULL] Networking for Linux 7.0

From: Jakub Kicinski

Date: Wed Feb 11 2026 - 18:40:26 EST


On Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:07:18 -0800 Jeff Johnson wrote:
> On 2/11/2026 9:30 AM, Paolo Abeni wrote:
> > Hi Linus!
> >
> > I'm not aware of any conflicts with other trees, even if this includes some
> > changes to printk for the sake of netconsole.
>
> There is one conflict between the refactored ath12k driver and the char-misc
> tree. This was correctly addressed in linux-next:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-next/aXD6X23btw8s-RZP@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Will there be an effort at some point to improve how the MHI "bus"
is structured? Maybe this is not a great example but we keep seeing
patches that touch a driver + the bus. Clearly indicating IMHO that
there's no proper abstraction / separation between the bus and its
users..