linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] AX88179_178A: Add VID:DID for Lenovo OneLinkDock Gigabit LAN

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Message-ID: <87lhwx7f19.fsf@nemi.mork.no>
Date:	Wed, 26 Feb 2014 22:14:10 +0100
From:	Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	freddy@...x.com.tw, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] AX88179_178A: Add VID:DID for Lenovo OneLinkDock Gigabit LAN

David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> writes:

> From: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
> Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 13:13:12 +0100
>
>> freddy@...x.com.tw writes:
>> 
>>> From: Freddy Xin <freddy@...x.com.tw>
>>>
>>> Add VID:DID for Lenovo OneLinkDock Gigabit LAN
>> 
>> This is the same patch Keith Packard sent, but with a slighly different
>> description.  I take that as another proof that we should not attempt to
>> describe devices in these drivers.  Describe the driver instead.
>
> Are you saying that this patch needs to be implemented differently?

No, sorry for being confusing.  The patch is fine.  But Keith sent it
first...

The other comment is more of a personal opinion on the driver style.  In
any case, it's something that can be fixed up later. If at all.


Bjørn
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