git: 5e712379ae68 - stable/14 - cdce.4: Improve HARDWARE
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Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2025 18:23:04 UTC
The branch stable/14 has been updated by ziaee:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=5e712379ae68ea1895817b8472b73598bafbc75b
commit 5e712379ae68ea1895817b8472b73598bafbc75b
Author: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2025-05-28 20:55:27 +0000
Commit: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2025-07-04 18:20:04 +0000
cdce.4: Improve HARDWARE
The cdce driver is the main USB tethering driver now that both Android
and iPhone tethering are using USB NCM. I would like to test a recent
5G hotspot to see what those are doing. Improve the HARDWARE section to
reflect this.
MFC after: 3 days
Reviewed by: mhorne
Approved by: mhorne (mentor)
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D50541
(cherry picked from commit e8260f2cea3c447b0a16f1075ff580dc4ef06efc)
---
share/man/man4/cdce.4 | 12 +++++++++---
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/share/man/man4/cdce.4 b/share/man/man4/cdce.4
index 87a6f5da4b08..8c5dbb36d197 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/cdce.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/cdce.4
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\"
.\" $NetBSD: cdce.4,v 1.4 2004/12/08 18:35:56 peter Exp $
.\"
-.Dd May 3, 2024
+.Dd May 26, 2025
.Dt CDCE 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -95,12 +95,18 @@ where
.Dq internet
is your providers apn name.
.Sh HARDWARE
-The following devices are supported by the
+The
.Nm
-driver:
+driver supports USB Ethernet interfaces implementing the
+USB Communication Device Class Ethernet Control Model (CDC ECM) or
+Network Control Model (CDC NCM) protocol, such as:
.Pp
.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
+Android USB tethering
+.It
+iPhone USB tethering
+.It
Prolific PL-2501 Host-to-Host Bridge Controller
.It
Sharp Zaurus PDA