From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 23 17:25:08 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 784E916A4CE for ; Sun, 23 May 2004 17:25:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bloodwood.hunterlink.net.au (smtp-local.hunterlink.net.au [203.12.144.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4092E43D1F for ; Sun, 23 May 2004 17:25:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from boris@brooknet.com.au) Received: from [61.8.42.205] (ppp2ACD.dyn.pacific.net.au [61.8.42.205]) i4O0KrCe023763; Mon, 24 May 2004 10:20:55 +1000 From: Sam Lawrance To: Craig Boston In-Reply-To: <200405231512.14217.craig@tobuj.gank.org> References: <1085318525.10526.25.camel@dirk> <200405231512.14217.craig@tobuj.gank.org> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1085358339.10526.28.camel@dirk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 10:25:40 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB ethernet CDC driver X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 00:25:08 -0000 That would be great, I would love to take a look at it. Sam On Mon, 2004-05-24 at 06:12, Craig Boston wrote: > Hi, > > On Sunday 23 May 2004 8:22 am, Sam Lawrance wrote: > > Do we have generic support for the USB CDC Ethernet class? I can't find > > anything to suggest we do. If not I plan to have a go at writing it. > > > > I just installed linux on my ipaq. It masquerades as an ethernet class > > device in order to communicate with the host PC. Assuming we don't > > already have support, it looks like this will enable the use of a number > > of devices. > > I don't think there is any support in the tree, however I wrote a minimal CDC > Ethernet driver a while back in order to talk to my Zaurus. Been meaning to > throw it up on a web page or something but I just keep getting too busy :-/ > > It's pretty bare-bones -- doesn't implement some of the features that a "real" > CDC NIC would (multicast, etc.), but is enough to talk to simple devices like > the Zaurus. I've never tested it on anything else -- I suspect it wouldn't > be too hard to adapt though. If you're interested in looking at it I'll send > you a copy or post it somewhere. > > Craig >