netdev - Re: [PATCH] rndis_host: Poll status channel before control channel

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Date:	Wed, 12 May 2010 23:42:59 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ben@...adent.org.uk
Cc:	dbrownell@...rs.sourceforge.net, john.carr@...outed.co.uk,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, vzeeaxwl@...airpoint.net,
	herton@...driva.com.br
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rndis_host: Poll status channel before control channel

From: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:08:28 +0100

> Some RNDIS devices don't respond on the control channel until polled
> on the status channel.  In particular, this was reported to be the
> case for the 2Wire HomePortal 1000SW.
> 
> This is roughly based on a patch by John Carr <john.carr@...outed.co.uk>
> which is reported to be needed for use with some Windows Mobile devices
> and which is currently applied by Mandriva.
> 
> Reported-by: Mark Glassberg <vzeeaxwl@...airpoint.net>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
> Tested-by: Mark Glassberg <vzeeaxwl@...airpoint.net>
> ---
> Note that this change hasn't yet been tested with any other RNDIS
> devices.  John, can you confirm whether this also handles the WinMob
> devices?

Still waiting for this to get tested.  Is there really nobody in the
world with RNDIS devices who can test this patch?  If so, maybe that's
a good reason to not apply it :-))))
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