netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next 0/3] r8152: configuration setting

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Message-ID: <0835B3720019904CB8F7AA43166CEEB2010259B5@RTITMBSV03.realtek.com.tw>
Date:   Thu, 8 Sep 2016 02:44:21 +0000
From:   Hayes Wang <hayeswang@...ltek.com>
To:     Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        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>,
        Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next 0/3] r8152: configuration setting

Bjørn Mork [mailto:bjorn@...k.no]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2016 9:51 PM
[...]
> So this adds a lot of code to work around the issues you introduced by
> unnecessarily blacklisting the CDC ECM configuration earlier, and still
> makes the r8152 driver handle the device even in ECM mode.

I suggest to use vendor mode only, but some people ask me to
submit such patches. If these patches are rejected, I have
enough reasons to tell them it is unacceptable rather than
I don't do it.

> Just remove the completely unnecessary blacklist, and let the cdc_ether
> driver handle the device if the user selects the ECM configuration.
> That't how the USB system works.  There is no need for any code in r8152
> to do that.

The pure cdc_ether driver couldn't change the speed of the
ethernet, because it doesn't know how to access the PHY of
the device. Therefore, I add relative code in r8152 driver.

Best Regards,
Hayes