Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 26 Jul 2021 13:14:02 +0200 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next RESEND 2/2] r8152: separate the r8152.c into r8152_main.c and r8152_fw.c |
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On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 11:09:06AM +0000, Hayes Wang wrote: > Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> > > Sent: Monday, July 26, 2021 4:37 PM > [...] > > You also do other things, like renaming defines, which is not just > > moving code around, right? > > Yes. You are right.
So resend the series and only do "one thing per patch" please.
> [...] > > I do not know, is it really easier to find things in 3 different files > > instead of one? That's up to you, but you did not say why this change > > is needed. > > We support a new chip or feature with a test driver. > The test driver is similar with the upstream driver, except > the method of the firmware. After we confirm that the > test driver work fine, we compare the differences with > the upstream driver and submit patches. And the code > about firmware takes us more time to find out the > differences. Therefore, I wish to move the part of > the firmware out.
Great, then submit the broken up driver as part of a patchset that adds new device support, as that makes more sense when that happens, right?
thanks,
greg k-h
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