netdev - Re: [RFC 3/4] Move ACPI functionality out of r8152 driver

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Date:   Fri, 23 Aug 2019 20:34:08 +0200
From:   Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
To:     <Charles.Hyde@...lteam.com>
Cc:     <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, <Mario.Limonciello@...l.com>,
        <oliver@...kum.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC 3/4] Move ACPI functionality out of r8152 driver

<Charles.Hyde@...lteam.com> writes:

> This change moves ACPI functionality out of the Realtek r8152 driver to
> its own source and header file, making it available to other drivers as
> needed now and into the future.  At the time this ACPI snippet was
> introduced in 2016, only the Realtek driver made use of it in support of
> Dell's enterprise IT policy efforts.  There comes now a need for this
> same support in a different driver, also in support of Dell's enterprise
> IT policy efforts.

Yes, and we told you so.


Bjørn