Re: [PATCH net-next] cdc_ether: Improve ZTE MF823/831/910 handling

From: Oliver Neukum
Date: Mon Jul 18 2016 - 10:18:30 EST


On Mon, 2016-07-18 at 16:10 +0200, Kristian Evensen wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 3:50 PM, Oliver Neukum <oneukum@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > No, you misunderstand me. I don't want quirks if we can avoid it.
> > But if you need to do this for rndis_host and cdc_ether and maybe other
> > drivers you should not be touching drivers. This belongs into the core
> > ethernet code. Your code is good, but you are putting it in the wrong
> > places.
>
> Ok, sounds good. So far, I have only seen the random MAC issue with
> the three previously mentioned devices, but who knows how many else is
> out there with the same error ... I don't think it should be in the
> core ethernet code, at least not yet, but I agree it would make sense
> to move it to for example usbnet_core(). If you agree, I can prepare a
> patch for it.

I don't see how it would be specific for a subsystem. If the patch
is correct, it belongs into the networking core.

Regards
Oliver