Re: [PATCH v2] usb: cdc-wdm: Add device-id for Huawei 3G/LTE modems

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Am Mittwoch, 25. Januar 2012, 10:36:10 schrieb Bjørn Mork:
> But I don't think it's a good idea to add this device to cdc-wdm
> permanently anyway.  It's useless without the network driver for
> anything but playing with QMI commands.  It's better to get Gobi
> specific probing into qmi_wwan (or similar if making a Gobi-only
> driver), and just use cdc-wdm as a subdriver from that.

Better or necessary?

> And in fact I'm also starting to wonder if it was a good idea to add the
> Huawei modem.  If the subdriver approach is accepted, then maybe it
> would be better to use that for every such device including those with

No. We leave policy to user space. If it is possible we let the user
do as he will. Whether it makes sense doesn't interest in the kernel
(first order approximation)

	Regards
		Oliver
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