[OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH 2/2] Add support for 'metric' to QMI, NCM, MBIM and DirectIP

[Bruno Randolf]

On 02/18/2016 04:43 PM, John Crispin wrote:
> ideally this gets handled generically, which wont be easy as these are
> all virtual interfaces. maybe if we just add the code in a generic place
> rather than duplicate it lots of times.

Ideally - yes... but where?

Also I don't understand why these have to be virtual interfaces.
Wouldn't it be possible to attach the dhcp client to the normal
interface, just as it is done for ethernet or wifi interfaces?

That would simplify other things as I have been trying to mention in my
mail titled: "QMI/NCM/MBIM interfaces netifd ifup event too early"
https://www.mail-archive.com/openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org/msg37608.html

bruno
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