Re: NetBSD rndis (Remote NDIS) driver

[David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost>]

2009/11/26 Jonathan A. Kollasch <jakllsch%kollasch.net@localhost>:
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 07:01:08PM +0000, David Brownlee wrote:
>> I have an Android G1 which offers USB Internet tethering by exporting
>> an rndis network device.
>> Does anyone know if there is a NetBSD rndis driver?
>
> We have cdce(4), which supports the rightful USB.org class.
> This doesn't really help you though.
>
> I've seen RNDIS described as Microsoft strong arming.
> I guess that doesn't mean we shouldn't support it though.

If anyone would be interested in working on a driver I'd be happy to
supply one of the random USB dongles which provide a RNDIS interface
:)

I think pretty much all the HTC Android phones now provide them, but
they're a little more pricy :/