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Date:   Wed, 27 Sep 2017 09:15:56 +0200
From:   Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>
To:     Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>,
        Grant Grundler <grundler@...omium.org>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Hayes Wang <hayeswang@...ltek.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-usb <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] r8152: add Linksys USB3GIGV1 id

Am Dienstag, den 26.09.2017, 08:19 -0700 schrieb Doug Anderson:
> 
> I know that for at least some of the adapters in the CDC Ethernet
> blacklist it was claimed that the CDC Ethernet support in the adapter
> was kinda broken anyway so the blacklist made sense.  ...but for the
> Linksys Gigabit adapter the CDC Ethernet driver seems to work OK, it's
> just not quite as full featured / efficient as the R8152 driver.
> 
> Is that not a concern?  I guess you could tell people in this
> situation that they simply need to enable the R8152 driver to get
> continued support for their Ethernet adapter?

Hi,

yes, it is a valid concern. An #ifdef will be needed.

	Regards
		Oliver

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