From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759788Ab3BZEXt (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:23:49 -0500 Received: from mail-da0-f49.google.com ([209.85.210.49]:54806 "EHLO mail-da0-f49.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757513Ab3BZEXr (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:23:47 -0500 Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:23:43 -0800 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Glen Turner Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb/net/asix_devices: Add USBNET HG20F9 ethernet dongle Message-ID: <20130226042343.GA27766@kroah.com> References: <1361852232.23197.4.camel@andromache.adelaide.aarnet.edu.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1361852232.23197.4.camel@andromache.adelaide.aarnet.edu.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 02:47:12PM +1030, Glen Turner wrote: > This USB ethernet adapter was purchased in anodyne packaging > marked "USB2.0 to LAN" from the computer store adjacent to > linux.conf.au 2013 in Canberra (Australia). A web search > shows other recent purchasers in Lancaster (UK) and Seattle > (USA). Just like an emergent virus, our age of e-commerce and > airmail allows underdocumented hardware to spread around the > world instantly using the vector of ridiculously low prices. > > Paige Thompson, infected via eBay, discovered that the HG20F9 > is a copy of the Asix 88772B; many viruses copy the RNA of > other viruses. See Paige's work at > . > This patch uses her discovery to update the restructured Asix > driver in the current kernel. > > The spread of viruses is often accompanied by rumours. It is > rumoured that the HG20F9 has extensions to to provide gigabit > ethernet. This patch does not chase that chimera. > > Just as some viruses inhabit seemingly-healthy cells, the > HG20F9 uses the Vendor ID 0x066b assigned to Linksys Inc. > For the present there is no clash of Product ID 0x20f9. > > Signed-off-by: Glen Turner That is the best "add a new device id" changelog entry I have _ever_ seen. Wonderful job: Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb/net/asix_devices: Add USBNET HG20F9 ethernet dongle Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:23:43 -0800 Message-ID: <20130226042343.GA27766@kroah.com> References: <1361852232.23197.4.camel@andromache.adelaide.aarnet.edu.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-usb-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Glen Turner Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1361852232.23197.4.camel-MFjF70HZCXOiAIzqYCf0vryL0Hf3YRqg06D/hhiQN/qHXe+LvDLADg@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-usb-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 02:47:12PM +1030, Glen Turner wrote: > This USB ethernet adapter was purchased in anodyne packaging > marked "USB2.0 to LAN" from the computer store adjacent to > linux.conf.au 2013 in Canberra (Australia). A web search > shows other recent purchasers in Lancaster (UK) and Seattle > (USA). Just like an emergent virus, our age of e-commerce and > airmail allows underdocumented hardware to spread around the > world instantly using the vector of ridiculously low prices. > > Paige Thompson, infected via eBay, discovered that the HG20F9 > is a copy of the Asix 88772B; many viruses copy the RNA of > other viruses. See Paige's work at > . > This patch uses her discovery to update the restructured Asix > driver in the current kernel. > > The spread of viruses is often accompanied by rumours. It is > rumoured that the HG20F9 has extensions to to provide gigabit > ethernet. This patch does not chase that chimera. > > Just as some viruses inhabit seemingly-healthy cells, the > HG20F9 uses the Vendor ID 0x066b assigned to Linksys Inc. > For the present there is no clash of Product ID 0x20f9. > > Signed-off-by: Glen Turner That is the best "add a new device id" changelog entry I have _ever_ seen. Wonderful job: Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html