Re: [PATCH]MBM: add Ericsson mbm driver

[Oliver Neukum]

Am Montag, 17. November 2008 09:27:45 schrieb Greg KH:
> > We currently needs some kind of flag to userspace applications,
> > i.e NetworkMananger or Conman, to indicate that the device do need a
> > seperate control-plane to operate.
> 
> Yes, that would help out, and sounds necessary.  It also means that
> creating a new network device name "type" would not be needed at all,
> right?

That's not a good idea. If you name something usbX or ethX you imply
that it is ethernet, that is, you can get it up with ifconfig. You cannot make
that work with this kind of interface.

At best current tools ignore these interfaces, which you can best insure
with a new name.

	Regards
		Oliver
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