1.\" $NetBSD: ncm.4,v 1.2 2025/01/20 15:33:50 uwe Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" 4.\" Copyright (c) 2025 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. 5.\" All rights reserved. 6.\" 7.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation 8.\" by Maya Rashish 9.\" 10.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 11.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 12.\" are met: 13.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 14.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 15.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 16.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 17.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 18.\" 19.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 20.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 21.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 22.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 23.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 24.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 25.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 26.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 27.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 28.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 29.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 30.\" 31.Dd January 20, 2025 32.Dt NCM 4 33.Os 34.Sh NAME 35.Nm ncm 36.Nd USB Network Control Model driver 37.Sh SYNOPSIS 38.Cd "ncm* at uhub? port ?" 39.Sh DESCRIPTION 40The 41.Nm 42driver provides support for USB Network Control Model devices, often appearing 43as hotspot USB tethering in Android devices on devices such as the following: 44.Pp 45.Bl -bullet -compact 46.It 47Google Pixel 8 48.El 49.Sh SEE ALSO 50.Xr arp 4 , 51.Xr intro 4 , 52.Xr netintro 4 , 53.Xr usb 4 , 54.Xr usbnet 4 , 55.Xr ifconfig.if 5 , 56.Xr ifconfig 8 57.Rs 58.%T "Universal Serial Bus Class Communications Class Subclass Specification for Network Control Model Devices" 59.%U https://www.usb.org/sites/default/files/NCM10_012011.zip 60.Re 61.Sh HISTORY 62The 63.Nm 64device driver first appeared in 65.Nx 11.0 . 66.Sh AUTHORS 67.An -nosplit 68The 69.Nm 70driver was written by 71.An Maya Rashish Aq Mt maya@netbsd.org 72based on the 73.Xr cdce 4 74driver written by 75.An Craig Boston Aq Mt craig@tobuj.gank.org . 76