Need help for an Android Ethernet driver

[Tyler Aviss]

How about the 3Rd-party kernels? Haven't tried one on my Nexus yet, but on
my GS2 the Siyah kernel boosted my features and performance.
On Aug 15, 2012 9:52 AM, "Evan Leibovitch" <evan-ieNeDk6JonTYtjvyW6yDsg at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> I've taken delivery of a Nexus 7 tablet and am very happy with it
> (questions welcomed).
>
> One thing that I was hoping to do, when travelling with it, was to have
> some method of using wired Ethernet with it (typically, when staying in a
> hotel room that has a wired Ethernet drop but poor or no in-room wifi, this
> has happened a few times).
>
> Plan A is to use the USB "on the go" spec to attach an Ethernet-to-USB
> connector.
> Plan B is to get a cheap wifi router <http://www.ebay.ca/itm/160801487354>,
> which is more expensive and much bulkier.
>
> I've taken possession of item A, a $3 thing from eBay<http://www.ebay.ca/itm/120946886349#ht_2815wt_1165>,
> cheap enough that it didn't work I would toss it.
>
> When I plug it in and run `lsusb` on the Nexus 7, the hardware is seen but
> there's no driver. I get
> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0fe6:9700
>
> When I plug the same device into Ubuntu, it works fine and from `lsusb` I
> get
> Bus 002 Device 011: ID 0fe6:9700 Kontron (Industrial Computer Source / ICS
> Advent) DM9601 Fast Ethernet Adapter
>
> I've been able to find Linux drivers for this<http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1641274>and in fact it's been made to work with the Motorola
> Xoom <http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1418591> and Asus
> Transformer <http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1705759>.
>
> Could some kind person here help me turn this driver into something usable
> on the stock N7 kernel?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Evan Leibovitch
> Toronto Canada
>
> Em: evan at telly dot org
> Sk: evanleibovitch
> Tw: el56
>
>
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