Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 16 May 2013 15:17:01 -0400 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: net: cdc_ncm, cdc_mbim: allow user to prefer NCM for backwards compatibility |
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On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 09:08:23PM +0200, Bjørn Mork wrote: > Yes, this is a very unfortunate side effect of the userspace/kernel > split of the MBIM driver combined with the NCM/MBIM "backwards > compatibility" setting. Which in itself is a bad idea, IMHO. > > I recommend all distros do the same as Debian: Set NCM as default until > a userspace application with MBIM support is ready and packaged in the > distro: > http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/kernel/dists/trunk/linux/debian/patches/debian/cdc_ncm-cdc_mbim-use-ncm-by-default.patch
Thanks for the pointer. We'll pick that up for the Fedora 3.9 kernels.
Ben, does debian have a commits mailing list for kernel changes ?
> FWIW, I wish we would have thought about this issue before v3.8 was > released. Then we could have made that patch the mainline default, > without that being a userspace API change. But we didn't. > > The good news is that Aleksander has done some nice work on the MBIM > support in ModemManager, so there is a good chance that the next release > will make this problem go away.
good news indeed!
thanks.
Dave
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