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| author | Glen Turner <gdt@gdt.id.au> | 2013-02-27 05:32:36 +0100 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2013-02-27 19:10:35 +0100 |
| commit | 45af3fb4a018ef84bf1c9f2dfbd887a41242e77f (patch) | |
| tree | b8133ac5bfb7ba997c855c0925e1982bd67fdc76 /net | |
| parent | net: cdc_ncm: tag Huawei devices (e.g. E5331) with FLAG_WWAN (diff) | |
| download | linux-45af3fb4a018ef84bf1c9f2dfbd887a41242e77f.tar.xz linux-45af3fb4a018ef84bf1c9f2dfbd887a41242e77f.zip | |
usb/net/asix_devices: Add USBNET HG20F9 ethernet dongle
This USB ethernet adapter was purchased in anodyne packaging
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
<https://github.com/paigeadele/HG20F9>.
This patch uses her discovery to update the restructured Asix
driver in the current kernel.
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 <gdt@gdt.id.au>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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