Macintosh and RNDIS?
Macintosh and RNDIS?
- Subject: Macintosh and RNDIS?
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 14:18:44 -0500
Ok, I'm about to broach a topic that might be a sore spot - be I'm
trying to make sure I understand what I'm dealing with here. A customer
has approach us about some OS9 and OSX work for a USB network device
that is a USB RNDIS class device. A quick review of the USB RNDIS stuff
from MS reveals that USB RNDIS follows the Abstract Control Model -
which means MS defines the data format.
My question(s) are:
Is this just an obvious case of MS trying to get hardware vendors to build
Windows-specific hardware?
It looks like the EULA at the MS site forces you to agree that you will
not use the info on any other platforms - ie: eliminating the
possibility of legally implementing an RNDIS class driver on a Mac OS -
has anyone else come to this conclusion?
If this is the case - why would a hardware vendor build an RNDIS device
- is it solely 'cause then they don't have to provide drivers 'cause MS
will?
Is there any possible way of supporting such a device on non-Windows
platforms - like somebody who has not reviewed the MS RNDIS information
reverse-engineering the data format with a CATC or something? Or would
that likely result in MS legal attacks?
Thanks,
-Chris
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