netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: qmi_wwan: make dynamic device IDs work

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Date:	Wed, 18 Jul 2012 09:32:31 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	bjorn@...k.no
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: qmi_wwan: make dynamic device IDs work

From: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 23:14:32 +0200

> The usbnet API use the device ID table to store a pointer to
> a minidriver. Setting a generic pointer for dynamic device
> IDs will in most cases make them work as expected.  usbnet
> will otherwise treat the dynamic IDs as blacklisted. That is
> rarely useful.
> 
> There is no standard class describing devices supported by
> this driver, and most vendors don't even provide enough
> information to allow vendor specific wildcard matching. The
> result is that most of the supported devices must be
> explicitly listed in the device table.  Allowing dynamic IDs
> to work both simplifies testing and verification of new
> devices, and provides a way for end users to use a device
> before the ID is added to the driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>

Applied.
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