netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] net: usb: kaweth: remove eth_addr_t typedef and bcast

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Message-ID: <5ff5f454-020e-4476-982d-de611e93c1e6@suse.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:13:09 +0100
From: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>
To: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@...il.com>
Cc: 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>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] net: usb: kaweth: remove eth_addr_t typedef
 and bcast_addr definition

On 29.01.26 04:41, Ethan Nelson-Moore wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2026 at 1:23 AM Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com> wrote:
>> yes I am aware of this. Yet there is no point in breaking
>> existing setups. I would prefer this driver to get only
>> clear fixes and adaptions to changes in API that are absolutely
>> necessary.
> 
> Hi, Oliver,
> 
> That is exactly the point I was trying to make with those statistics -
> I realized cleaning up kaweth was not worthwhile due to the lack of
> users.
> I wasn't proposing removing it; it is simple enough that it doesn't
> really cause any maintenance workload.

Hi Ethan,

good that we agree. If you want to clean up an exemplary driver
I'd suggest the class drivers, that is the CDC drivers.

	Regards
		Oliver