netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: usb: cdc_ether: add support for Thales Cinterion PLS62-W modem

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Date:   Thu, 5 Jan 2023 15:09:22 +0100
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Hui Wang <hui.wang@...onical.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        davem@...emloft.net, oliver@...kum.org, kuba@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: usb: cdc_ether: add support for Thales Cinterion
 PLS62-W modem

Thu, Jan 05, 2023 at 04:42:49AM CET, hui.wang@...onical.com wrote:
>This modem has 7 interfaces, 5 of them are serial interfaces and are
>driven by cdc_acm, while 2 of them are wwan interfaces and are driven
>by cdc_ether:
>If 0: Abstract (modem)
>If 1: Abstract (modem)
>If 2: Abstract (modem)
>If 3: Abstract (modem)
>If 4: Abstract (modem)
>If 5: Ethernet Networking
>If 6: Ethernet Networking
>
>Without this change, the 2 network interfaces will be named to usb0
>and usb1, our QA think the names are confusing and filed a bug on it.
>
>After applying this change, the name will be wwan0 and wwan1, and
>they could work well with modem manager.
>
>Signed-off-by: Hui Wang <hui.wang@...onical.com>

Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>