Re: [PATCH v3 net-next] rndis_host: Flag RNDIS modems as WWAN devices

From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
Date: Thu Mar 27 2025 - 14:50:15 EST


Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>:

On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 10:58:41 +0100 you 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.
>
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
- [v3,net-next] rndis_host: Flag RNDIS modems as WWAN devices
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/67d1a8956d2d

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