The Linux foundation seems ready to finally axe a Microsoft-made remote network protocol for USB that is still a part of modern Windows operating systems.
So if my mint install updates I won’t be able to use USB tethering? Is there a way to update my phone to use USB CDC NCM? Or would I have better luck recompiling my mint install to add the standard they just removed? I’m pretty new to Linux (literally made the switch last November) and I sadly have to use USB tethering when my ISP shits the bed with routing to the US
It should be possible to switch to NCM by just flip a switch fron 0 (RNDIS) to 1 (NCM) via RRO (Runtime Resource Overlay), but adding new overlay require you have right to modify system image.
Wait, isn’t RNDIS what’s used when you tether your Android’s connection via USB? Or am I mistaking it for something else?
Yes, with the exception of some that switched to USB CDC NCM already. I seem to be lucky, the Pixel 6 is one of the first to have made the switch.
So if my mint install updates I won’t be able to use USB tethering? Is there a way to update my phone to use USB CDC NCM? Or would I have better luck recompiling my mint install to add the standard they just removed? I’m pretty new to Linux (literally made the switch last November) and I sadly have to use USB tethering when my ISP shits the bed with routing to the US
It should be possible to switch to NCM by just flip a switch fron 0 (RNDIS) to 1 (NCM) via RRO (Runtime Resource Overlay), but adding new overlay require you have right to modify system image.
https://cs.android.com/android/platform/superproject/main/+/main:packages/modules/Connectivity/Tethering/res/values/overlayable.xml;l=27