linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] r8152: configuration setting

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Message-ID: <1473340092.32073.4.camel@suse.com>
Date:   Thu, 08 Sep 2016 15:08:12 +0200
From:   Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>
To:     Hayes Wang <hayeswang@...ltek.com>
Cc:     bjorn@...k.no, nic_swsd <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-usb@...r.kernel.org" <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] r8152: configuration setting

On Thu, 2016-09-08 at 13:02 +0000, Hayes Wang wrote:
> I tested above method before. And I found that the cdc_ether 
> was loaded before switching the configuration. The behavior 
> of loading one driver and changing to another driver has 
> opportunity to let our some previous chips become abnormal. 
> To switch configuration is fine. However, it may have problem 
> to switch driver. That is why the current kernel only supports 
> vendor mode. If the method works fine, I have no trouble now.

We may talk about creating extensions to cdc-ether, if they
are needed for the phy. What is unacceptable is to override
the configuration mechanism in the kernel.

	Regards
		Oliver