RE: [PATCH net-next RFC 0/5] Update r8152 to version two

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Albert Zhou <albert.zhou.50@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2022 11:34 PM
> Subject: [PATCH net-next RFC 0/5] Update r8152 to version two
> 
> This patch integrates the version-two r8152 drivers from Realtek into
> the kernel. I am new to kernel development, so apologies if I make
> newbie mistakes.

The Realtek's in-house driver doesn't satisfy the rules or requests of
Linux kernel, so I don't think you could use it to replace the Linux
kernel r8152 driver.

The version is used to distinguish between the Realtek's in-house driver
and Linux kernel r8152 driver. It doesn't mean you have to use version 2,
even the version 2 may contain more experiment features.

Best Regards,
Hayes

> I have tested the updated module in v6.1 on my machine, without any
> issues.
> 
> A final note, when I removed all the code for earlier kernel versions,
> the header r8152_compatibility.h reduced dramatically in size. This
> leads me to suspect that some of the headers like <linux/init.h> are no
> longer  needed. However, I left them in there just in case.




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