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[PATCH] USB: usbnet (8/9) module for RNDIS devices
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This adds host-side RNDIS support to the "usbnet" driver, so Linux can talk
to various devices (often based on WinCE) that otherwise only Windows could
talk to.

Tested with little-endian Linux talking to a Linux-USB Ethernet/RNDIS based
peripheral.  This also includes updates from Eddie C. Dost <ecd@brainaid.de>
for big-endian SPARC Linux talking to a Nokia 9500 Communicator.

It's still marked as EXPERIMENTAL because this code is so young.  This
ought to let Linux to work with various cable modems that previously
would have been "Windows Only".

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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David Brownell authored and Greg Kroah-Hartman committed Sep 8, 2005
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13 changes: 13 additions & 0 deletions drivers/usb/net/Kconfig
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Expand Up @@ -212,6 +212,19 @@ config USB_NET_NET1080
on this design: one NetChip 1080 chip and supporting logic,
optionally with LEDs that indicate traffic

config USB_NET_RNDIS_HOST
tristate "Host for RNDIS devices (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on USB_USBNET && EXPERIMENTAL
select USB_NET_CDCETHER
help
This option enables hosting "Remote NDIS" USB networking links,
as encouraged by Microsoft (instead of CDC Ethernet!) for use in
various devices that may only support this protocol.

Avoid using this protocol unless you have no better options.
The protocol specification is incomplete, and is controlled by
(and for) Microsoft; it isn't an "Open" ecosystem or market.

config USB_NET_CDC_SUBSET
tristate "Simple USB Network Links (CDC Ethernet subset)"
depends on USB_USBNET
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions drivers/usb/net/Makefile
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Expand Up @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_USB_NET_AX8817X) += asix.o
obj-$(CONFIG_USB_NET_CDCETHER) += cdc_ether.o
obj-$(CONFIG_USB_NET_GL620A) += gl620a.o
obj-$(CONFIG_USB_NET_NET1080) += net1080.o
obj-$(CONFIG_USB_NET_RNDIS_HOST) += rndis_host.o
obj-$(CONFIG_USB_NET_CDC_SUBSET) += cdc_subset.o
obj-$(CONFIG_USB_NET_ZAURUS) += zaurus.o
obj-$(CONFIG_USB_USBNET) += usbnet.o
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