> > All patches have been submitted upstream, but the maintainer has (thus
> > far) backed off on applying this last one.  Remember the rndis_host
> > module is not *only* for use by us, so when applying changes he must be
> > sure that any change is sane for the module's other uses as well.  I
> > suspect that is his reason, but I can't be sure.
> >
> > I would also like very much not to have to patch the kernel each time I
> > upgrade it - you are not the only one.
>
> who is the upstream maintainer and what was his reason not to included it?

I'll defer to either jonnylamb or Ole Andre to answer this in more detail.  
Basically the WM5 devices require very large USB packets, and thats what this 
remaining patch does.  I don't recall (either that or I never knew) what his 
reason for not including it was, but I suspect it was either that he didn't 
fully understand the problem or that he was forseeing compatibility problems 
with other devices or uses of that driver.  If jonnylamb or Ole Andre want to 
fill in more details (or fix up the explanation), feel free...

You can find the maintainer in the git logs for this file at kernel.org.

-- 
Richard Alimi
Department of Computer Science
Yale University 

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