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.Dd January 20, 2025
.Dt NCM 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm ncm
.Nd USB Network Control Model driver
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "ncm* at uhub? port ?"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver provides support for USB Network Control Model devices, often appearing
as hotspot USB tethering in Android devices on devices such as the following:
.Pp
.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
Google Pixel 8
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr arp 4 ,
.Xr intro 4 ,
.Xr netintro 4 ,
.Xr usb 4 ,
.Xr usbnet 4 ,
.Xr ifconfig.if 5 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8
.Rs
.%T "Universal Serial Bus Class Communications Class Subclass Specification for Network Control Model Devices"
.%U https://www.usb.org/sites/default/files/NCM10_012011.zip
.Re
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
device driver first appeared in
.Nx 11.0 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
The
.Nm
driver was written by
.An Maya Rashish Aq Mt maya@netbsd.org
based on the
.Xr cdce 4
driver written by
.An Craig Boston Aq Mt craig@tobuj.gank.org .