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authorOle Andre Vadla Ravnas <oleavr@gmail.com>2006-12-14 16:01:28 -0800
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>2007-02-07 15:44:33 -0800
commitad55d71a3d4401f44b4ddee1412283c99eedd05c (patch)
treea416fe386d740506b01667d47466e6708f8a2388 /drivers/usb/net/Kconfig
parent11d5489873facd395653a4ee14669751bfe9bab5 (diff)
rndis_host learns ActiveSync basics
Windows Mobile 5 based devices described as supporting "ActiveSync": - Speak RNDIS but lack the CDC and union descriptors. This patch updates the cdc ethernet code to fake ACM descriptors we need. - Require RNDIS_MSG_QUERY messages to include a buffer of the size the response should generate. This patch updates the rndis host code to pass this will-be-ignored data. The resulting RNDIS host code has been reported to work with several WM5 based devices. (Note that a fancier patch is available at synce.sf.net.) Some bugfixes, affecting not just ActiveSync: (a) when cleaning up after RNDS init fails, scrub the second interface just like cdc_ether does, so disconnect won't oops. (b) handle peripherals that use the pad-to-end-of-packet option; some devices can't talk to us if that option doesn't work. (c) when choosing configurations, don't forget about an RNDIS config just because the RNDIS driver is dynamically linked. Cleanup, streamlining, bugfixes, Kconfig, and matching hub driver update. Also for paranoia's sake, refuse to talk to something that looks like a real modem instead of RNDIS. Signed-off-by: Ole Andre Vadla Ravnaas <oleavr@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/usb/net/Kconfig')
-rw-r--r--drivers/usb/net/Kconfig6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/usb/net/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/net/Kconfig
index e081836014a..a2b94ef512b 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/usb/net/Kconfig
@@ -222,13 +222,15 @@ config USB_NET_MCS7830
adapters marketed under the DeLOCK brand.
config USB_NET_RNDIS_HOST
- tristate "Host for RNDIS devices (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ tristate "Host for RNDIS and ActiveSync devices (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on USB_USBNET && EXPERIMENTAL
select USB_NET_CDCETHER
help
This option enables hosting "Remote NDIS" USB networking links,
as encouraged by Microsoft (instead of CDC Ethernet!) for use in
- various devices that may only support this protocol.
+ various devices that may only support this protocol. A variant
+ of this protocol (with even less public documentation) seems to
+ be at the root of Microsoft's "ActiveSync" too.
Avoid using this protocol unless you have no better options.
The protocol specification is incomplete, and is controlled by