netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] net: usb: remove unnecessary get

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Message-ID: <CADkSEUhf5Dpy=yFNQBksEhKjwj-+n07ujADmVHFUv0go5pYbhQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 15:36:33 -0800
From: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@...il.com>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, 
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, 
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, 
	Peter Korsgaard <peter@...sgaard.com>, Petko Manolov <petkan@...leusys.com>, 
	Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@...well.net>, UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com, 
	Nikita Zhandarovich <n.zhandarovich@...tech.ru>, Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>, 
	Krzysztof Hałasa <khalasa@...p.pl>, 
	Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@...il.com>, Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>, 
	Max Schulze <max.schulze@...ine.de>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, 
	"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>, Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>, 
	Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] net: usb: remove unnecessary get_drvinfo code
 and driver versions

On Sat, Jan 24, 2026 at 2:23 PM Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> wrote:

> It would of caused less confusion if you had just sent a follow up
> patch for smsc[79]5xx on its own.
That's good to know. I'll do that in the future if possible when I
overlook something.

> We prefer lots of small patches, they are easier to find time to
> review. Combing patches is generally the wrong things to do.
This is also helpful to know; thanks. I had assumed the opposite was
preferred (if the combined patch was fairly small) to reduce the
amount of mailing list traffic.

Sincerely,
Ethan