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authorOliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.de>2014-07-28 12:56:36 +0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2014-07-29 23:22:15 +0400
commitc472ab68ad67db23c9907a27649b7dc0899b61f9 (patch)
tree862b12f48c1457d0eca5f147e2546ac36a7f412f /drivers/net
parent20fbe3ae990fd54fc7d1f889d61958bc8b38f254 (diff)
downloadlinux-c472ab68ad67db23c9907a27649b7dc0899b61f9.tar.xz
cdc-ether: clean packet filter upon probe
There are devices that don't do reset all the way. So the packet filter should be set to a sane initial value. Failure to do so leads to intermittent failures of DHCP on some systems under some conditions. Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/usb/cdc_ether.c16
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ether.c b/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ether.c
index 9ea4bfe5d318..2a32d9167d3b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ether.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ether.c
@@ -341,6 +341,22 @@ next_desc:
usb_driver_release_interface(driver, info->data);
return -ENODEV;
}
+
+ /* Some devices don't initialise properly. In particular
+ * the packet filter is not reset. There are devices that
+ * don't do reset all the way. So the packet filter should
+ * be set to a sane initial value.
+ */
+ usb_control_msg(dev->udev,
+ usb_sndctrlpipe(dev->udev, 0),
+ USB_CDC_SET_ETHERNET_PACKET_FILTER,
+ USB_TYPE_CLASS | USB_RECIP_INTERFACE,
+ USB_CDC_PACKET_TYPE_ALL_MULTICAST | USB_CDC_PACKET_TYPE_DIRECTED | USB_CDC_PACKET_TYPE_BROADCAST,
+ intf->cur_altsetting->desc.bInterfaceNumber,
+ NULL,
+ 0,
+ USB_CTRL_SET_TIMEOUT
+ );
return 0;
bad_desc: