Hi Andrew,

>>>> +  struct aqc111_data *aqc111_data = (struct aqc111_data *)dev->data[0];
>>>
>>> Having to do this cast all the time is quiet ugly. It seems like some
>>> other usb_net drivers use netdev_priv().
>>
>> As I see most of usb usbnet based devices use the same theme with accessing
>> private data via dev->data.
> 
> It is just ugly. It would of been better if dev->data[] was a void
> pointer. This is the first usbnet driver i've reviewed, so i don't
> know the history behind this. I wonder if adding a void *priv would be
> accepted?

I can't comment on history of this, but...

net-next/drivers/net/usb$ grep "dev->data" * | wc -l
173

Regards,
  Igor

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