Cdc_ether enabling and TP-Link MIFI (USB to Ethernet)

xgrafix · October 27, 2023, 6:31pm

Due to the nature of not loading vast numbers of drivers on the SBCs, several drivers are not enabled by default.

After long research, I have found the driver needed to enable the TP-Link MIFI M7350 (USB to Ethernet) is under the following link:

github.com

torvalds/linux/blob/master/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ether.c

// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
/*
 * CDC Ethernet based networking peripherals
 * Copyright (C) 2003-2005 by David Brownell
 * Copyright (C) 2006 by Ole Andre Vadla Ravnas (ActiveSync)
 */

// #define	DEBUG			// error path messages, extra info
// #define	VERBOSE			// more; success messages

#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/netdevice.h>
#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
#include <linux/ethtool.h>
#include <linux/workqueue.h>
#include <linux/mii.h>
#include <linux/usb.h>
#include <linux/usb/cdc.h>
#include <linux/usb/usbnet.h>

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#define TPLINK_VENDOR_ID	0x2357

Is there a way to enable this driver without recompiling the whole kernel?