netdev - Re: [PATCH/RFC Resubmission] cdc_ether: Identify MBM devices by GUID in MDLM descriptor

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Date:	Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:09:59 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jonas.sjoquist@...csson.com
Cc:	oneukum@...e.de, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC Resubmission] cdc_ether: Identify MBM devices by
 GUID in MDLM descriptor

From: Jonas Sjoquist <jonas.sjoquist@...csson.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:07:45 +0200

> From: Jonas Sjöquist <jonas.sjoquist@...csson.com>
> 
> This patch removes vid/pid for Ericsson MBM devices from the whitelist set of
> devices. The MBM devices are instead identified by GUID.
> 
> In order for cdc_ether to handle these devices the GUID in the MDLM descriptor
> is tested. All MBM devices currently handled by cdc_ether as well as future
> CDC Ethernet MBM devices can be identified by the GUID.
> 
> This is the same solution used in Carl Nordbeck's mbm driver,
> http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-usb/2008/11/17/4141384/thread
> 
> I post this as RFC to get feedback on however cdc_ether is the correct place to
> do the binding, or if it should be done in a separate driver, e.g. zaurus.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jonas Sjöquist <jonas.sjoquist@...csson.com>

Can someone knowledgable with the cdc_ether driver review this change?

Thanks.
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