netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] rndis_host: pass buffer length to rndis

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Message-ID: <20080619010426.ncag3kv5448s4o40@hayate.ip6>
Date:	Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:04:26 +0300
From:	Jussi Kivilinna <jussi.kivilinna@...et.fi>
To:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] rndis_host: pass buffer length to
	rndis_command

Quoting David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>:

> On Wednesday 18 June 2008, Jussi Kivilinna wrote:
>> Pass buffer length to rndis_command so that rndis_command can read full
>> response buffer from device instead of max CONTROL_BUFFER_SIZE bytes.
>
> That is:  allow rndis_wlan to get responses *bigger* than that size,
> while preserving the requirement that the host must always be ready
> to receive that many bytes.

Exactly.. I should try remember answer to the "why" part in  
description in future.



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