cdc_ncm tagging of Huawei devices as wwan

[Aleksander Morgado]

On 15/11/13 13:40, Bjørn Mork wrote:
> I just stumbled across this thread:
>   http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=148990
> pointing to:
>   http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/huawei-e355-als-kabelnetzwerk-einbinden-wwan0-/
> 
> and did a "git blame drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c".  Which I wish I could
> say refreshed my memory....
> 
> Anyway, It seems that Huawei also makes non-wwan NCM devices, and
> tagging them all as wwan obviously creates real problems for real users.
> What do we do about that?  Revert the vendor match and add the known
> wwan devices one by one?  Or add another rule, with an exception from
> the exception for the E355?
> 
> Any idea and/or advice is welcome.

Hard to tell... I guess we'll end up needing either a list of wwan
modules or a list of non-wwan modules, whatever is easier?

-- 
Aleksander