From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758867Ab3BZEpe (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:45:34 -0500 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:60568 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753510Ab3BZEpc (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:45:32 -0500 Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:45:29 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <20130225.234529.1601978289377551611.davem@davemloft.net> To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Cc: gdt@gdt.id.au, 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 From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20130226042343.GA27766@kroah.com> References: <1361852232.23197.4.camel@andromache.adelaide.aarnet.edu.au> <20130226042343.GA27766@kroah.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.5 on Emacs 24.1 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (shards.monkeyblade.net [0.0.0.0]); Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:45:36 -0800 (PST) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Greg Kroah-Hartman Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:23:43 -0800 > 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 Was this patch really submitted properly to netdev? I can't find it in patchwork at all.