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From: Alexey ORISHKO <alexey.orishko@stericsson.com>
To: Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>, Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.name>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>,
	"linux-usb@vger.kernel.org" <linux-usb@vger.kernel.org>,
	"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] TODO FLAG_POINTTOPOINT => FLAG_WWAN? usbnet/cdc_ncm: mark ncm devices as "mobile broadband devices" with FLAG_WWAN
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 12:20:20 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2AC7D4AD8BA1C640B4C60C61C8E520153E3C07E583@EXDCVYMBSTM006.EQ1STM.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1306922913-17803-2-git-send-email-metze@samba.org>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:netdev-
> owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Stefan Metzmacher
> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 12:09 PM


> -	.flags = FLAG_POINTTOPOINT | FLAG_NO_SETINT | FLAG_MULTI_PACKET,
> +	.flags = FLAG_WWAN | FLAG_NO_SETINT | FLAG_MULTI_PACKET,

This patch will introduce incompatibility with already existing
applications, which track usbX devices. As a result, end user
application will stop working.

cdc_ncm driver can also be used for local link terminated in device,
so wwan would be inappropriate name.

Regards,
Alexey



  reply	other threads:[~2011-06-01 10:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-06-01 10:08 cdc_ncm: Ericsson F5521gw appears as usbX, while Ericsson F3507g as wwanX Stefan Metzmacher
2011-06-01 10:08 ` [PATCH] TODO FLAG_POINTTOPOINT => FLAG_WWAN? usbnet/cdc_ncm: mark ncm devices as "mobile broadband devices" with FLAG_WWAN Stefan Metzmacher
2011-06-01 10:20   ` Alexey ORISHKO [this message]
2011-06-01 10:47     ` Stefan (metze) Metzmacher
2011-06-01 11:39       ` Alexey ORISHKO
2011-06-01 11:54         ` Stefan (metze) Metzmacher
2011-06-01 12:27           ` Alexey ORISHKO
2011-06-03  9:35             ` Stefan (metze) Metzmacher
2011-06-02 22:29     ` Dan Williams
2011-06-02 22:35       ` Dan Williams
2011-06-03  0:58         ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2011-06-03  9:45           ` Alexey ORISHKO
2011-06-03  9:45             ` Alexey ORISHKO
2011-06-03 10:01             ` Oliver Neukum
2011-06-03 10:23               ` Alexey ORISHKO
2011-06-03 10:50                 ` Oliver Neukum
2011-06-03 11:47                   ` Alexey ORISHKO
2011-06-03 11:47                     ` Alexey ORISHKO
2011-06-03 12:31                   ` Bjørn Mork
2011-06-03 19:24             ` Dan Williams

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