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Originally Posted by lordeagle

Looking into the /drivers directory, there is indeed not much to see that looks like an usbnet driver.

[root@kobo bin]# tree -la /drivers/
/drivers/
`-- mt8113t-ntx
    `-- mt66xx
        |-- wlan_drv_gen4m.ko
        |-- wmt_cdev_bt.ko
        |-- wmt_chrdev_wifi.ko
        `-- wmt_drv.ko

2 directories, 4 files

FWIW, on my Clara HD, the drivers are in /drivers/mx6sll-ntx/usb/gadget/:

# ls /drivers/mx6sll-ntx/usb/gadget/
configfs.ko g_zero.ko usb_f_ecm.ko usb_f_obex.ko
g_ether.ko gadgetfs.ko usb_f_ecm_subset.ko usb_f_rndis.ko
g_file_storage.ko libcomposite.ko usb_f_eem.ko usb_f_serial.ko
g_mass_storage.ko u_ether.ko usb_f_fs.ko usb_f_ss_lb.ko
g_ncm.ko u_serial.ko usb_f_mass_storage.ko
g_serial.ko usb_f_acm.ko usb_f_ncm.ko


On my Clara HD, These modules were listed during a USBnet connection:

# lsmod
g_ether 5247 0 - Live 0x7f03e000
usb_f_rndis 16195 2 g_ether, Live 0x7f035000
usb_f_ecm_subset 4777 0 - Live 0x7f030000
usb_f_eem 5485 0 - Live 0x7f02b000
usb_f_ecm 6855 1 - Live 0x7f025000
u_ether 12180 5 g_ether,usb_f_rndis,usb_f_ecm_subset,usb_f_eem,usb _f_ecm, Live 0x7f01e000
libcomposite 45183 5 g_ether,usb_f_rndis,usb_f_ecm_subset,usb_f_eem,usb _f_ecm, Live 0x7f00b000
configfs 23773 6 usb_f_rndis,usb_f_ecm_subset,usb_f_eem,usb_f_ecm,l ibcomposite, Live 0x7f000000

Here's a Gateworks article on OTG modules:
https://trac.gateworks.com/wiki/linux/OTG


Note that the Kobo Libra Colour, a MediaTek device like your Elipsa 2e, is using Secure Boot, which requires a signed kernel.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...52&postcount=1

Maybe try something like "dmesg | grep hash" to see if you get similar messages as for the Libra Colour?

Here's a LWN article on Verified U-Boot:
https://lwn.net/Articles/571031/



On my Clara HD I can see if a module is configured:

# cat /proc/config.gz | gunzip | grep ETH
CONFIG_USB_U_ETHER=m
CONFIG_USB_ETH=m
CONFIG_USB_ETH_RNDIS=y


But can someone compile unsigned kernel modules and add them to a signed kernel?
Apparently not:
https://android.stackexchange.com/qu...forcing-kernel



On the plus side, I know that at least my android devices can provide a WiFi hotspot without being connected to the internet, so your Kobo can have WiFi on and connect to a VNC server without being exposed to unwanted updates.