On 3/11/25 10:10 AM, Lubomir Rintel wrote: > Set FLAG_WWAN instead of FLAG_ETHERNET for RNDIS interfaces on Mobile > Broadband Modems, as opposed to regular Ethernet adapters. > > Otherwise NetworkManager gets confused, misjudges the device type, > and wouldn't know it should connect a modem to get the device to work. > What would be the result depends on ModemManager version -- older > ModemManager would end up disconnecting a device after an unsuccessful > probe attempt (if it connected without needing to unlock a SIM), while > a newer one might spawn a separate PPP connection over a tty interface > instead, resulting in a general confusion and no end of chaos. > > The only way to get this work reliably is to fix the device type > and have good enough version ModemManager (or equivalent). > > Signed-off-by: Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@xxxxx> This looks like a fix for the net tree, could you please provide a suitable 'Fixes' tag? Also next time please additionally specify the target tree in the subj prefix, Thanks! Paolo
