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Alicia da Conceicao <alicia@engine.ca> wrote:
}Why has USB ethernet support been removed from the GENERIC_LAPTOP
}kernel in NetBSD 20020427-1.5.3_RC2 snapshot?
}
}USB ethernet support was always supported in NetBSD 1.5ZA-1.5ZC
}GENERIC_LAPTOP kernels, and yet it appears not be compiled into
}20020427-1.5.3_RC2.

You realize that 1.5Z* is current while 1.5.3_RC2 is from the release
branch, so it's not uncommon for feature sets to be different?
http://www.netbsd.org/Releases/release-map.html has a reasonable
explanation of this.  Features from current are often not pulled
into the release branch, but rather will be in the next release
branch.

}When testing new hardware on laptops and doing network
}installations on it, I prefer to grab the lastest generic laptop
}snapshots as is and use it, and only bother to compile kernels
}with customized options on the official NetBSD releases.
}
}Please insure that USB ethernet support is enabled on any future
}NetBSD GENERIC_LAPTOP kernels.

I'm fairly sure it is enabled, just the supported adapters are
different between 1.5.x and current.  Just comparing the man pages
for aue, cue & kue show this.

1.5.x machine:
     The aue driver supports the following adapters:

           Billionton Systems USB100
           Corega FEther USB-TX
           D-Link DSB-650TX
           LinkSys USB100TX
           Melco Inc. LU-ATX
           SMC 2202USB
current machine:
     The aue driver supports the following adapters:

           Abocom DSB650TX
           Billionton Systems USB100
           Corega FEther USB-TX
           D-Link DSB-650
           D-Link DSB-650TX
           D-Link DSB-650TX-PNA
           I/O DATA USB ETTX
           Kingston KNU101TX
           LinkSys USB100TX
           LinkSys USB100H1
           LinkSys USB10TA
           Melco Inc. LU-ATX
           SOHOware NUB100
           SMC 2202USB

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