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Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2026 15:43:34 +0100
From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
To: Frank.Li@oss.nxp.com
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: ethernet: micrel: ks8842: use
 dmaengine_submit() instead of ->tx_submit()
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On Fri, Oct 02, 2026 at 03:30:19PM -0400, Frank.Li@oss.nxp.com wrote:
> From: Frank Li <Frank.Li@nxp.com>
> 
> Replace direct dma_async_tx_descriptor->tx_submit() calls with the
> proper dmaengine_submit() API wrapper.
> 
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@nxp.com>

Hi Frank,

Is there a back-story to this change?
Is it part of something larger?

In face value it looks like a cleanup to an unmaintained driver.
And if so, I'm not sure it's worth the churn.