From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb/net/asix_devices: Add USBNET HG20F9 ethernet dongle Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:28:56 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20130226.172856.235525833921140241.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1361852232.23197.4.camel@andromache.adelaide.aarnet.edu.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: gdt@gdt.id.au Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:43358 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755863Ab3BZW26 (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:28:58 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1361852232.23197.4.camel@andromache.adelaide.aarnet.edu.au> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Glen Turner Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:47:12 +1030 > 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 Applied, thanks Glen.