Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] net: usb: cdc_ether: Add Fibocom MA510 modem
From: Bjørn Mork
Date: Fri Apr 08 2022 - 09:35:41 EST
Lars Melin <larsm17@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Why do you add this modem to the whitelist?
I believe the clue is the
> + .driver_info = (unsigned long)&wwan_info,
to set FLAG_WWAN instead of the default FLAG_ETHER | FLAG_POINTTOPOINT
> The net interface has the correct cdc_ether attributes so the
> cdc_ether driver should bind automagically without any need for the
> modem to be in the whitelist.
Yes, this sort of works against the class driver philosophy. But we've
already started down that road, so...
Bjørn