Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761676Ab2EQLqT (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 May 2012 07:46:19 -0400 Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:34297 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750835Ab2EQLqR (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 May 2012 07:46:17 -0400 Message-ID: <1337255159.4107.67.camel@deadeye> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] smsc95xx: add FLAG_POINTTOPOINT flag for driver_info From: Ben Hutchings To: Xiao Jiang Cc: steve.glendinning@smsc.com, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 12:45:59 +0100 In-Reply-To: <4FB4B98E.7000208@gmail.com> References: <1337155302-26244-1-git-send-email-jgq516@gmail.com> <1337168320.4107.42.camel@deadeye> <4FB4B98E.7000208@gmail.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha512"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-XexRGYIYI91xrsiTF1q5" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.2.2-1+b1 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 192.168.4.185 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ben@decadent.org.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on shadbolt.decadent.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2537 Lines: 74 --=-XexRGYIYI91xrsiTF1q5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2012-05-17 at 16:40 +0800, Xiao Jiang wrote: > Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Wed, 2012-05-16 at 16:01 +0800, jgq516@gmail.com wrote: > > =20 > >> From: Xiao Jiang > >> > >> commit c26134 introduced FLAG_POINTTOPOINT flag for USB ethernet devic= es > >> which possibly use "usb%d" names, add this flag to make sure pandaboar= d > >> can mount nfs with smsc95xx NIC. > >> =20 > > > > These are normal Ethernet interfaces, whereas FLAG_POINTTOPOINT is for > > devices that use non-standard short physical links. > > > > =20 > This flag is used by some usb NICs, I amn't familiar with those cards=20 > perhaps those are > non-standard short physical links as you said. > But smsc95xx seems need this flag to use "usb%d" name, But this is a regular Ethernet interface and should be named accordingly. > at least my=20 > pandaboard can't > mount nfs with eth0 name, is there other ways to avoid nfs issue with=20 > keep smsc95xx's > name unchange? thanks. [...] I don't know what this NFS issue is, but I don't see how this can be the correct solution. Ben. --=20 Ben Hutchings Every program is either trivial or else contains at least one bug --=-XexRGYIYI91xrsiTF1q5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQIVAwUAT7Tk9+e/yOyVhhEJAQq+5BAAx+C9OlCRObpeR7pFQBp3BjUEaqEfith9 lgl+ioFJ6VgRDE6otYwOKTqb54uerrHIZMOvm7BNyJDeWCakzzxWaflI2v8vVIRU al89lI+U89Im30zrfAxEyPZsmn6BmVEK/gTfnCdfr9p9o79tHjvpe68vNHI3BXDL NSgw9PwbiARQc7L/HuvSy79yiEN/401O4Eg+Mu17uwyDULn9fbvqSR9NGpR32IYP nKG4EPzAv+YSCEphmHetdoFKLknvjlAYhSisMqbB6rcu++xHfHMKHpqJ6b5v7ND8 8QHfmO4JUABlN18Q4tNMJZ/DtTwMKMMXeEYW8tsZ95VxOxiY5Na2wu+IIYPwkiuh 8tY5w6kxXkFj95lPMUSLl4ywqHX5MWFD47+BP8Tkyl4MzWxzYWBpPr01SQg9aZGe xp3lcVPzrIpDD2CoxVL049FFKo8R2ly2hoMtneQ8veQ22pcb/XslApAD+MXIyijZ 57A2+SXDbUow8sutaaJodJAFEOJjpgAtIFm7yzmEay4HRwAPfmCN+FYYQOVjoNR8 mkktl8CSddaYT0Y1979tg5MWS/1qBfu3TuTCQYd516FWQ/6wACm8YIhQcRigvKRA H5brZj1WZaLLwyuPqOLaZmFqE2XCEAfDxJLpOozPV7wN05CfbJool7+Ixl8Cjv6V ao33R00LWCo= =Y0yD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-XexRGYIYI91xrsiTF1q5-- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/