Just found a page on the gentoo wiki with needed drivers for a pc kernel to
connect to android phone through ethernet usb[1]. I'm going to try to
enable that flags on a android kernel build and see what happens ;)

CONFIG_USB_NET_CDCETHER
CONFIG_USB_NET_CDC_EEM
CONFIG_USB_NET_CDC_SUBSET

[1]: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Android_USB_Tethering#Kernel_configuration


On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 9:15 AM, Felix <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thank for the point Sebastian. I would say that what I'm looking for is to
> connect the nanonote to a unlocked android phone with source code
> available.
>
> I'm now using a Nexus 4 with cyanogenmod 10.2 installed. I've find some
> info about what I'm trying to to[1] and it seems that, the proper
> configuration for CDC ethernet available in the phone is  defined by
> default (CONFIG_USB_USBNET[2])[3]. What I don't know if it is needed more
> flags to be configured, or is related with launching some commands.
>
> I'll try to create a wiki page on qi-hardware with my trials ;)
>
> [1]:
> http://www.securecommconsulting.com/downloads/Android%20tethering%20March%202011.pdf
> [2]: http://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/USB_USBNET.html
> [3]:
> https://github.com/CyanogenMod/lge-kernel-mako/blob/cm-10.2/arch/arm/configs/mako_defconfig#L294
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Sebastian Krzyszkowiak <[email protected]
> > wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Felix <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > I know it should be possible (because the android capability of sharing
>> > internet access over wifi or usb), but, has somebody tried to do it?
>> >
>> > --
>> > Felix
>>
>> It might be hard to do with generic Android phone, as network
>> tethering is done when they act as USB devices. AFAIK Android doesn't
>> even use standard Ethernet over USB, but some ADB stuff instead, so
>> most likely it would require Nanonote to act as USB host, which is not
>> possible on Ben.
>>
>> It might be possible with rooted Android device, but I don't have much
>> experience with such devices - also, it may vary depending on
>> particular device and its kernel drivers.
>>
>> It should be possible though with devices like Neo Freerunner, GTA04,
>> Nokia N900 etc. which can act as generic USB host with standard Linux
>> interfaces to attached devices. Sharing Internet access on such
>> devices should look exactly the same like on standard Linux PC.
>>
>> --
>> Sebastian Krzyszkowiak, dos
>> http://dosowisko.net/
>>
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> Felix
>



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