Am Freitag, 3. Juni 2011, 12:23:21 schrieb Alexey ORISHKO: > There is no difference between cdc_ncm and cdc_ether devices, besides > the fact cdc_ncm is more efficient in data transfer and cpu load. > The problem is that you cannot say much about device functionality based > just on interface name. As example existing devices with cdc_ether > interface could be mobile phone which provides connectivity to 3G network, > or could be a phone in the mode "over PC", where phone applications > access internet via broadband connection on PC (to save money). > > Network manager cannot simply make decision which devices can be used > for mobile broadband access based on interface name. It needs an additional > info, which does not exist in device descriptor. Well, but cdc-ether usually means that you can start up dhcp and use the interface as a network card. Can the same be done with cdc-ncm or do you always need to establish a connection through a secondary interface? Regards Oliver -- - - - SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstraße 5 90409 Nürnberg Germany - - - -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
