netdev - Re: [PATCH 6/6] USB: cdc-acm: blacklist ETAS ES58X device

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Date:   Sun, 27 Sep 2020 07:52:26 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@...adoo.fr>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-can@...r.kernel.org, Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@...ndegger.com>,
        Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] USB: cdc-acm: blacklist ETAS ES58X device

On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 07:45:20AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 02:57:56AM +0900, Vincent Mailhol wrote:
> > The ES58X devices are incorrectly recognized as USB Modem (CDC ACM),
> > preventing the etas-es58x module to load.
> > 
> > Thus, these have been added
> > to the ignore list in drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@...adoo.fr>
> > ---
> >  drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c | 11 +++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
> 
> Did you mean to send this twice?
> 
> And where are the 5 other patches in this series?
> 
> And finally, it's a good idea to include the output of 'lsusb -v' for
> devices that need quirks so we can figure things out later on, can you
> fix up your changelog to include that information?

Also, why is the device saying it is a cdc-acm compliant device when it
is not?  Why lie to the operating system like that?

thanks,

greg k-h