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Date:	Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:16:46 +0100
From:	Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
To:	Alexey ORISHKO <alexey.orishko@...ricsson.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-usb@...r.kernel.org" <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	"gsuarez@...thmicro.com" <gsuarez@...thmicro.com>,
	"oneukum@...e.de" <oneukum@...e.de>,
	Alexey Orishko <alexey.orishko@...il.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net 0/3] cdc_ncm and cdc_mbim fixes for 3.8

Alexey ORISHKO <alexey.orishko@...ricsson.com> wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Miller [mailto:davem@...emloft.net]
>> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 8:23 PM
>> To: bjorn@...k.no
>> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org; linux-usb@...r.kernel.org;
>> gsuarez@...thmicro.com; Alexey ORISHKO; oneukum@...e.de
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/3] cdc_ncm and cdc_mbim fixes for 3.8
>> 
>> From: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
>> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:50:37 +0100
>> 
>> > The 2 first patches in this series are required to make the Sierra
>> > Wireless MC7710 card work in MBIM mode.  They may also be required
>> for
>> > other Qualcomm firmware based MBIM devices.
>> >
>> > Patch #1 was previously posted as a standalone patch.  This version
>> is
>> > a replacement, removing a theoretical NULL pointer exception.
>> >
>> > Patch #3 fixes a bug I introduced in v3.7
>> 
>> All applied, thanks.
>
>Hi David,
>
>It was way too fast... I don't think we concluded on patch#2 since it
>will damage existing devices :-(

Yes, that was even faster than expected. But it's no problem really. I'll prepare a fixup patch reducing it to be device specific. 

There are still a couple of questions I am wondering about though. The most important one: what is Windows 8 doing different from us? Does anyone know? I do not have a Windows 8 system myself and I wouldn't know how to snoop on it either. 


Bjørn


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