usbnet: add new flag FLAG_NOARP for usb net devices
We do have some USB net devices, which cannot do ARP. so we can introduce a new flag FLAG_NOARP, then client drivers can easily handle this kind of devices Signed-off-by: Wei Shuai <cpuwolf@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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@ -1448,6 +1448,10 @@ usbnet_probe (struct usb_interface *udev, const struct usb_device_id *prod)
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if ((dev->driver_info->flags & FLAG_WWAN) != 0)
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if ((dev->driver_info->flags & FLAG_WWAN) != 0)
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strcpy(net->name, "wwan%d");
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strcpy(net->name, "wwan%d");
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/* devices that cannot do ARP */
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if ((dev->driver_info->flags & FLAG_NOARP) != 0)
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net->flags |= IFF_NOARP;
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/* maybe the remote can't receive an Ethernet MTU */
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/* maybe the remote can't receive an Ethernet MTU */
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if (net->mtu > (dev->hard_mtu - net->hard_header_len))
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if (net->mtu > (dev->hard_mtu - net->hard_header_len))
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net->mtu = dev->hard_mtu - net->hard_header_len;
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net->mtu = dev->hard_mtu - net->hard_header_len;
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@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ struct driver_info {
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#define FLAG_LINK_INTR 0x0800 /* updates link (carrier) status */
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#define FLAG_LINK_INTR 0x0800 /* updates link (carrier) status */
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#define FLAG_POINTTOPOINT 0x1000 /* possibly use "usb%d" names */
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#define FLAG_POINTTOPOINT 0x1000 /* possibly use "usb%d" names */
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#define FLAG_NOARP 0x2000 /* device can't do ARP */
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/*
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/*
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* Indicates to usbnet, that USB driver accumulates multiple IP packets.
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* Indicates to usbnet, that USB driver accumulates multiple IP packets.
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