Common kernel configs
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Android USB Tethering
below info modified from [1]
Required menuconfig prompts/settings according to gentoo wiki and my own configs:
Device Drivers --->
[*] Network device support --->
USB Network Adapters --->
<M> Multi-purpose USB Networking Framework
-M- CDC Ethernet support (smart devices such as cable modems)
<M> CDC EEM support
<M> Host for RNDIS and ActiveSync devices (EXPERIMENTAL)
<M> Simple USB Network Links (CDC Ethernet subset)
[*] Embedded ARM Linux links
note ***
The prompts above frequently change from one kernel version to the next. The above settings were noted as of kernel version 3.8.3-gentoo-r1.
corresponding .config parameters spawned from above settings:
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y CONFIG_USB_USBNET=m CONFIG_USB_NET_CDCETHER=m CONFIG_USB_NET_CDC_EEM=m CONFIG_USB_NET_RNDIS_HOST=m CONFIG_USB_NET_CDC_SUBSET=m CONFIG_USB_ARMLINUX=y
check config command run against your kernel config file to verify settings
cat .config | grep -E "NETDEVICES|USB_USBNET|USB_NET_CDC_SUBSET|USB_NET_CDCETHER|USB_NET_CDC_EEM|NET_RNDIS_HOST|USB_ARMLINUX"
iptables
-*- Networking support --->
Networking options --->
[*] Network packet filtering framework (Netfilter) --->
Core Netfilter Configuration --->
[*] Netfilter connection tracking support
-*- Netfilter Xtables support (required for ip_tables)
[*] "conntrack" connection tracking match support
[*] "state" match support
IP: Netfilter Configuration --->
[*] IPv4 connection tracking support (required for NAT)
[*] IP tables support (required for filtering/masq/NAT)
[*] Packet filtering
input devices
uinput
Symbol: INPUT_UINPUT [=m] │
│ Type : tristate │ │ Prompt: User level driver support │ │ Defined at drivers/input/misc/Kconfig:418 │ │ Depends on: !UML && INPUT [=y] && INPUT_MISC [=y] │ │ Location: │ │ -> Device Drivers │ │ -> Input device support │ │ -> Generic input layer (needed for keyboard, mouse, ...) (INPUT [=y]) │ │ (1) -> Miscellaneous devices (INPUT_MISC [=y])
Griffin PowerMate
Symbol: INPUT_POWERMATE [=m] │ │ Type : tristate │ │ Prompt: Griffin PowerMate and Contour Jog support │ │ Defined at drivers/input/misc/Kconfig:334 │ │ Depends on: !UML && INPUT [=y] && INPUT_MISC [=y] && USB_ARCH_HAS_HCD [=y] │ │ Location: │ │ -> Device Drivers │ │ -> Input device support │ │ -> Generic input layer (needed for keyboard, mouse, ...) (INPUT [=y]) │ │ (1) -> Miscellaneous devices (INPUT_MISC [=y]) │ │ Selects: USB [=y]
cameras and video 4 linux
Symbol: MEDIA_CAMERA_SUPPORT [=y] │
│ Type : boolean │ │ Prompt: Cameras/video grabbers support │ │ Defined at drivers/media/Kconfig:21 │ │ Depends on: MEDIA_SUPPORT [=y] │ │ Location: │ │ -> Device Drivers │ │ (1) -> Multimedia support (MEDIA_SUPPORT [=y])
Symbol: MEDIA_USB_SUPPORT [=y] │
│ Type : boolean │ │ Prompt: Media USB Adapters │ │ Defined at drivers/media/usb/Kconfig:1 │ │ Depends on: USB [=y] && MEDIA_SUPPORT [=y] │ │ Location: │ │ -> Device Drivers │ │ (1) -> Multimedia support (MEDIA_SUPPORT [=y])
above not tested
DYNEX usb webcam
Symbol: USB_GSPCA_OV519 [=n] │
│ Type : tristate │ │ Prompt: OV51x / OVFX2 / W996xCF USB Camera Driver │ │ Defined at drivers/media/usb/gspca/Kconfig:135 │ │ Depends on: MEDIA_SUPPORT [=m] && MEDIA_USB_SUPPORT [=y] && MEDIA_CAMERA_SUPPORT [=y] && VIDEO_V4L2 [=m] && USB_GSPCA [=m] │ │ Location: │ │ -> Device Drivers │ │ -> Multimedia support (MEDIA_SUPPORT [=m]) │ │ -> Media USB Adapters (MEDIA_USB_SUPPORT [=y]) │ │ (1) -> GSPCA based webcams (USB_GSPCA [=m])
crypto / dev mapper stuff
Device Drivers —>
Multi-device support (RAID and LVM) —> [*] Multiple devices driver support (RAID and LVM) < > RAID support <*> Device mapper support <*> Crypt target support
File Systems —>
<*> The Extended 4 (ext4) filesystem
Cryptographic API —>
<*> SHA256 digest algorithm <*> AES cipher algorithms
.config
CONFIG_MD=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD=y CONFIG_MD_AUTODETECT=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM=y CONFIG_DM_CRYPT=y CONFIG_DM_SNAPSHOT=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CRYPTOLOOP=y CONFIG_CRYPTO=y CONFIG_CRYPTO_AES=y CONFIG_CRYPTO_AES_X86_64=m CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA256=m CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA512=y
USB to Serial
for usb2serial device as listed by lsusb: ATEN International Co., Ltd UC-232A Serial Port [pl2303]
Symbol: USB_SERIAL_PL2303 [=m] │
│ Type : tristate │ │ Prompt: USB Prolific 2303 Single Port Serial Driver │ │ Defined at drivers/usb/serial/Kconfig:480 │ │ Depends on: USB_SUPPORT [=y] && USB_SERIAL [=y] │ │ Location: │ │ -> Device Drivers │ │ -> USB support (USB_SUPPORT [=y]) │ │ (1) -> USB Serial Converter support (USB_SERIAL [=y])
Symbol: USB_SERIAL_FTDI_SIO [=m] │ │ Type : tristate │ │ Prompt: USB FTDI Single Port Serial Driver │ │ Defined at drivers/usb/serial/Kconfig:148 │ │ Depends on: USB_SUPPORT [=y] && USB_SERIAL [=y] │ │ Location: │ │ -> Device Drivers │ │ -> USB support (USB_SUPPORT [=y]) │ │ (1) -> USB Serial Converter support (USB_SERIAL [=y])
TUN/TAP
CONFIG_TUN
TUN/TAP provides packet reception and transmission for user space programs. It can be viewed as a simple Point-to-Point or Ethernet device, which instead of receiving packets from a physical media, receives them from user space program and instead of sending packets via physical media writes them to the user space program.
When a program opens /dev/net/tun, driver creates and registers corresponding net device tunX or tapX. After a program closed above devices, driver will automatically delete tunXX or tapXX device and all routes corresponding to it.
Required for openvpn.
Symbol: TUN [=m]
│ Type : tristate │ Prompt: Universal TUN/TAP device driver support │ Defined at drivers/net/Kconfig:206 │ Depends on: NETDEVICES [=y] && NET_CORE [=y] │ Location: │ -> Device Drivers │ -> Network device support (NETDEVICES [=y]) │ (1) -> Network core driver support (NET_CORE [=y]) │ Selects: CRC32 [=y]
