netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/2] r8152: allow firmwares with NCM support

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Date:   Mon, 09 Jan 2023 07:50:16 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>@ci.codeaurora.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, hayeswang@...ltek.com,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, oliver@...kum.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] r8152: allow firmwares with NCM support

Hello:

This series was applied to netdev/net-next.git (master)
by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:

On Fri,  6 Jan 2023 17:07:37 +0100 you wrote:
> Some device and firmware combinations with NCM support will
> end up using the cdc_ncm driver by default.  This is sub-
> optimal for the same reasons we've previously accepted the
> blacklist hack in cdc_ether.
> 
> The recent support for subclassing the generic USB device
> driver allows us to create a very slim driver with the same
> functionality.  This patch set uses that to implement a
> device specific configuration default which is independent
> of any USB interface drivers.  This means that it works
> equally whether the device initially ends up in NCM or ECM
> mode, without depending on any code in the respective class
> drivers.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [1/2] r8152: add USB device driver for config selection
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/ec51fbd1b8a2
  - [2/2] cdc_ether: no need to blacklist any r8152 devices
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/69649ef84053

You are awesome, thank you!
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