Le jeudi, 1 mai 2025, 13.30:52 h heure d’été d’Europe centrale Salvatore
Bonaccorso a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 10:57:24AM +0200, Didier Raboud wrote:
> > reassign 634916 src:linux-2.6 3.0.0-1
> > retitle 634916 Linux modeswitches some 3G dongles in kernelland
> > (duplicates userland functionality) thanks
> >
> > Dear linux-2.6 maintainers,
> >
> > I'm hereby re-assigning the #634916 bug to the Linux kernel, as per the
> > discussion held with Josua Dietze, the usb-modeswitch upstream developer.
> >
> > In summary: the Linux kernel "modeswitches" some 3G dongles where
> > usb-modeswitch is supposed to be the userland tool doing this. Having this
> > behaviour hardcoded in Linux implies less flexibility and duplicates
> > a functionality already present in userland _today_.
> >
> > Please ask if you need more information, cheers,
>
> I have re-read the full bug today to do some BTS clean-up for
> src:linux and given there was not further action to "address" this in
> upstream I think it's time to close the bug.
>
> AFAIU, in kernel mode switching is deprecated years ago, so I do not
> expect development in that part of the code anymore and that devices
> falling in this class will fade out as well.
>
> Federico, I'm sorry you had to wait that long. If you feel strong
> about the issue I suggest to re-forward it to the upstream list
> including Josua, and see if there is still some interest in adressing
> this misbehaviour.
>
> My udnerstanding is that there is as well not major harm caused by
> this.
>
> I will thus close the bug with this explanation, keeping Josua as well
> in the loop in case he now disagrees.
Agreed, thanks for the investigation!
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OdyX
