NCM(4)

📦 version 11.0, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 NCM(4) — ncm: USB Network Control Model driver 💖

hiii bestie 🫶 this is the NCM(4) page from the Kernel Interfaces Manual, and it's literally all about the ncm driver. no cap, we're doing USB networking realness today ✨

✨ NAME ✨

ncm — the USB Network Control Model driver. that's the whole name and yes she ate 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

the config line is literally this, bestie:

ncm* at uhub? port ?

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so the ncm driver provides support for USB Network Control Model devices. these bad boys often appear as hotspot USB tethering in Android devices — like on devices such as the following:

  • Google Pixel 8

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

go read these too, iykyk:

also this iconic spec: Universal Serial Bus Class Communications Class Subclass Specification for Network Control Model Devices, https://www.usb.org/sites/default/files/NCM10_012011.zip.

🌈 HISTORY 🌈

the ncm device driver first appeared in NetBSD 11.0. periodt ✨

👑 AUTHORS 👑

the ncm driver was written by Maya Rashish <maya@netbsd.org> based on the cdce(4) driver written by Craig Boston <craig@tobuj.gank.org>. iconic collaboration fr fr 💖

this lil page is from Debian, dated January 20, 2025, and it's the NCM(4) manual page. stay connected bestie 🫶💅

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