From: David Miller <davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
To: dcbw-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org
Cc: netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
diego-KR0zwsgql1HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org,
linux-usb-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipheth: remove incorrect devtype to WWAN
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:42:21 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100909.214221.241458705.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1283968247.2839.14.camel-wKZy7rqYPVb5EHUCmHmTqw@public.gmane.org>
From: Dan Williams <dcbw-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:50:47 -0500
> The 'wwan' devtype is meant for devices that require preconfiguration
> and *every* time setup before the ethernet interface can be used, like
> cellular modems which require a series of setup commands on serial ports
> or other mechanisms before the ethernet interface will handle packets.
>
> As ipheth only requires one-per-hotplug pairing setup with no
> preconfiguration (like APN, phone #, etc) and the network interface is
> usable at any time after that initial setup, remove the incorrect
> devtype wwan.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dcbw-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Applied, thanks Dan.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in
the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-09-10 4:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-09-08 17:50 [PATCH] ipheth: remove incorrect devtype to WWAN Dan Williams
[not found] ` <1283968247.2839.14.camel-wKZy7rqYPVb5EHUCmHmTqw@public.gmane.org>
2010-09-10 4:42 ` David Miller [this message]
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20100909.214221.241458705.davem@davemloft.net \
--to=davem-ft/pcqaiutieiz0/mpfg9q@public.gmane.org \
--cc=dcbw-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org \
--cc=diego-KR0zwsgql1HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org \
--cc=linux-usb-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org \
--cc=netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).