linux-kernel - Re: [net-next PATCH] net: dsa: qca8k: move driver to qca dir

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Date:   Thu, 14 Jul 2022 22:03:54 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@...il.com>
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH] net: dsa: qca8k: move driver to qca dir

On Wed, 13 Jul 2022 22:53:50 +0200 Christian Marangi wrote:
> This is a start for the required changes for code
> split. Greg wasn't so negative about this kind of change
> so I think we can finally make the move.
> 
> Still waiting some comments about the code split.
> (Can I split qca8k to common function that will be
> used by ipq4019? (and later propose the actual 
> ipq4019 driver?))

Does the split mean that this code will move again?
If so perhaps better to put this patch in the series 
that does the split? We're ~2 weeks away from the merge 
window so we don't want to end up moving the same code
twice in two consecutive releases.