Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] rndis_host: Flag RNDIS modems as WWAN devices

Jakub Kicinski
2025-03-24T18:26:19Z

On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 16:07:37 +0100 Lubomir Rintel wrote:
> Set FLAG_WWAN instead of FLAG_ETHERNET for RNDIS interfaces on Mobile
> Broadband Modems, as opposed to regular Ethernet adapters.
>
> Otherwise NetworkManager gets confused, misjudges the device type,
> and wouldn't know it should connect a modem to get the device to work.
> What would be the result depends on ModemManager version -- older
> ModemManager would end up disconnecting a device after an unsuccessful
> probe attempt (if it connected without needing to unlock a SIM), while
> a newer one might spawn a separate PPP connection over a tty interface
> instead, resulting in a general confusion and no end of chaos.
>
> The only way to get this work reliably is to fix the device type
> and have good enough version ModemManager (or equivalent).
>
> Signed-off-by: Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@v3.sk>
> Fixes: 475ddf05ce2d ("rndis_host: Flag RNDIS modems as WWAN devices")

This should point to the commit you're fixing. Judging purely by the
touched lines perhaps 63ba395cd7a5 ("rndis_host: support Novatel Verizon
USB730L") ?
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