Re: [PATCH net-next v12 13/15] ax88179_178a: Update driver name and information

From: Birger Koblitz

Date: Sun Sep 27 2026 - 05:39:03 EST


On 17/09/2026 11:25 pm, netdev-bot+sashiko@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 5 potential
issue(s) to consider:

Critical: 1 · High: 0 · Medium: 1 · Low: 3

- [Critical] usb: net: sysfs ABI and module name breakage for ax88179
Fixed by adding MODULE_ALIAS(ax88179_178a);

- [Medium] Undisclosed Kconfig symbol rename leaves two in-tree
defconfigs orphaned.
Fixed by changing defconfigs, Kconfig symbol name change mentioned in
in commit.


- [Low] FALSE POSITIVE (retained only per validation policy): the concern
claims `select AX88796B_PHY` is bogus because the synthetic PHY IDs…
N/A

- [Low] The Kconfig prompt/help and MODULE_DESCRIPTION updated by this
patch still describe the module as Gigabit-only while the device list…
Will adapt description.

- [Low] Firmware-version producer/consumer mismatch: ax88179a_bind()
(drivers/net/usb/ax88179a_devices.c:761-766) reads only three bytes…

Duplicate issue, fixed before.