RE: [PATCH]MBM: add Ericsson mbm driver

[Carl Nordbeck]

The idea is to have both a flag indicating this is of the type
MobileBroadbandNetwork FLAG_MBN and use a new name of the device mbX.
This clearly indicate that this is not host-host connection nor a normal ethernet device.
But still can reuse usbnet and have compability to userspace?

/BR
Carl Nordbeck 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oliver Neukum [mailto:oliver@xxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: den 17 november 2008 16:48
> To: Greg KH
> Cc: Carl Nordbeck; Carl Nordbeck; Alan Stern; linux-net; linux-usb
> Subject: Re: [PATCH]MBM: add Ericsson mbm driver
> 
> 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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