netdev - Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] NET: usb: sierra

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Message-ID: <1269897506.9242.10.camel@Linuxdev3>
Date:	Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:18:26 -0700
From:	Elina Pasheva <epasheva@...rrawireless.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	"marcel@...tmann.org" <marcel@...tmann.org>,
	"sclark46@...thlink.net" <sclark46@...thlink.net>,
	"dbrownell@...rs.sourceforge.net" <dbrownell@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	Rory Filer <rfiler@...rraWireless.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-usb@...r.kernel.org" <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] NET: usb: sierra_net.c driver

On Mon, 2010-03-29 at 13:41 -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
> Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:29:53 -0700
> 
> > because they are not NIC cards. They just use Ethernet emulation. And
> > they also require a management interface to setup APN and activate them
> > first.
> > 
> > It is important that we tell userspace about the type of a network
> > interface. We do the same for WiMAX and WiFi btw.
> 
> I completely agree with Marcel on this, please fix the device
> type.
> 
Thank you all for reviewing the sierra_net driver and for your comments.
We fixed the device type, re-tested and re-submitted the driver patch.
Regards,
Elina


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