From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Glen Turner <gdt@gdt.id.au>
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
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:23:43 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130226042343.GA27766@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1361852232.23197.4.camel@andromache.adelaide.aarnet.edu.au>
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
> <https://github.com/paigeadele/HG20F9>.
> 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 <gdt@gdt.id.au>
That is the best "add a new device id" changelog entry I have _ever_
seen. Wonderful job:
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-02-26 4:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-26 4:17 Glen Turner
2013-02-26 4:23 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2013-02-26 4:45 ` David Miller
2013-02-26 5:03 ` Greg KH
2013-02-26 5:10 ` David Miller
2013-02-26 5:20 ` Greg KH
2013-02-26 21:09 ` Richard Ash
2013-02-26 22:28 ` David Miller
2013-02-26 22:29 ` David Miller
2013-02-27 9:07 ` Bjørn Mork
2013-02-27 14:32 ` [PATCHv2] " Glen Turner
2013-02-27 18:11 ` David Miller
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