From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753632Ab3BZFDR (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:03:17 -0500 Received: from mail-da0-f51.google.com ([209.85.210.51]:53724 "EHLO mail-da0-f51.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751117Ab3BZFDO (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:03:14 -0500 Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:03:11 -0800 From: Greg KH To: David Miller 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 Message-ID: <20130226050311.GB21390@kroah.com> References: <1361852232.23197.4.camel@andromache.adelaide.aarnet.edu.au> <20130226042343.GA27766@kroah.com> <20130225.234529.1601978289377551611.davem@davemloft.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130225.234529.1601978289377551611.davem@davemloft.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 11:45:29PM -0500, David Miller wrote: > 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. It was Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org with Message-ID: <1361852232.23197.4.camel@andromache.adelaide.aarnet.edu.au> so it should have gone through there somehow. thanks, greg k-h