On my amd64 workstation (see dmesg below), my android appears as an urndis(4) device a can provide the box with a network conection.
urndis0 at uhub0 port 3 configuration 1 interface 0 "SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. Samsung Android USB Device" rev 2.00/4.00 addr 3 urndis0: address be:a1:fc:82:8f:c5 Trying to do the same on my i386 laptop (dmesg below), I get urndis0 at uhub0 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. Samsung Android USB Device" rev 2.00/4.00 addr 2 urndis0: TIMEOUT urndis0: unable to get init response urndis0: TIMEOUT urndis0: unable to get query response urndis0: unable to get hardware address What could be the reason for that? The apparent difference between the two, USB-wise, is (amd64 box) uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 (i386 laptop) uhub0 at usb0 "VIA UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 i.e. USB2 vs USB1. Could that be it? The i386 laptop is a very old Compaq Armada. Jan OpenBSD 5.2-current (GENERIC.MP) #378: Mon Aug 20 12:55:12 MDT 2012 dera...@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP RTC BIOS diagnostic error 80<clock_battery> real mem = 1054593024 (1005MB) avail mem = 1004150784 (957MB) mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.5 @ 0xe4410 (25 entries) bios0: vendor Intel Corp. version "MOPNV10J.86A.0175.2010.0308.0620" date 03/08/2010 bios0: Intel Corporation D510MO acpi0 at bios0: rev 2 acpi0: sleep states S0 S1 S4 S5 acpi0: tables DSDT FACP APIC MCFG HPET SSDT acpi0: wakeup devices SLPB(S4) PS2M(S4) PS2K(S4) UAR1(S4) UAR2(S4) P32_(S4) ILAN(S4) PEX0(S4) PEX1(S4) PEX2(S4) PEX3(S4) UHC1(S3) UHC2(S3) UHC3(S3) UHC4(S3) EHCI(S3) AZAL(S4) acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor) cpu0: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU D510 @ 1.66GHz, 1666.95 MHz cpu0: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,DS-CPL,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,MOVBE,NXE,LONG,LAHF cpu0: 512KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache cpu0: apic clock running at 166MHz cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 1 (application processor) cpu1: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU D510 @ 1.66GHz, 1666.69 MHz cpu1: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,DS-CPL,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,MOVBE,NXE,LONG,LAHF cpu1: 512KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache cpu2 at mainbus0: apid 2 (application processor) cpu2: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU D510 @ 1.66GHz, 1666.69 MHz cpu2: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,DS-CPL,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,MOVBE,NXE,LONG,LAHF cpu2: 512KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache cpu3 at mainbus0: apid 3 (application processor) cpu3: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU D510 @ 1.66GHz, 1666.69 MHz cpu3: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,DS-CPL,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,MOVBE,NXE,LONG,LAHF cpu3: 512KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 8 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins ioapic0: misconfigured as apic 0, remapped to apid 8 acpimcfg0 at acpi0 addr 0xf8000000, bus 0-63 acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 5 (P32_) acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0) acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 1 (PEX0) acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus 2 (PEX1) acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus 3 (PEX2) acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus 4 (PEX3) acpicpu0 at acpi0: C1, PSS acpicpu1 at acpi0: C1, PSS acpicpu2 at acpi0: C1, PSS acpicpu3 at acpi0: C1, PSS acpibtn0 at acpi0: SLPB pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0 pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Pineview DMI" rev 0x02 vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel Pineview Video" rev 0x02 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) intagp0 at vga1 agp0 at intagp0: aperture at 0xe0000000, size 0x10000000 inteldrm0 at vga1: apic 8 int 16 drm0 at inteldrm0 ppb0 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x01: msi pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 re0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Realtek 8168" rev 0x03: RTL8168D/8111D (0x2800), apic 8 int 16, address 00:27:0e:07:09:9f rgephy0 at re0 phy 7: RTL8169S/8110S PHY, rev. 2 ppb1 at pci0 dev 28 function 1 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x01: msi pci2 at ppb1 bus 2 ppb2 at pci0 dev 28 function 2 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x01: msi pci3 at ppb2 bus 3 ppb3 at pci0 dev 28 function 3 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x01: msi pci4 at ppb3 bus 4 uhci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x01: apic 8 int 23 uhci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x01: apic 8 int 19 uhci2 at pci0 dev 29 function 2 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x01: apic 8 int 18 uhci3 at pci0 dev 29 function 3 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x01: apic 8 int 16 ehci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 7 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x01: apic 8 int 23 usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 ppb4 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BAM Hub-to-PCI" rev 0xe1 pci5 at ppb4 bus 5 pcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel NM10 LPC" rev 0x01 ahci0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 82801GR AHCI" rev 0x01: msi, AHCI 1.1 scsibus0 at ahci0: 32 targets sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <ATA, WDC WD6400BPVT-0, 01.0> SCSI3 0/direct fixed naa.50014ee25979e46a sd0: 610480MB, 512 bytes/sector, 1250263728 sectors sd1 at scsibus0 targ 1 lun 0: <ATA, WDC WD10TPVT-00H, 01.0> SCSI3 0/direct fixed naa.50014ee2aed8deca sd1: 953869MB, 512 bytes/sector, 1953525168 sectors ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 82801GB SMBus" rev 0x01: apic 8 int 19 iic0 at ichiic0 spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 1GB DDR2 SDRAM non-parity PC2-6400CL5 usb1 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub1 at usb1 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb2 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0 uhub2 at usb2 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb3 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0 uhub3 at usb3 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb4 at uhci3: USB revision 1.0 uhub4 at usb4 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 isa0 at pcib0 isadma0 at isa0 com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 spkr0 at pcppi0 lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7 wbsio0 at isa0 port 0x4e/2: W83627THF rev 0x84 lm1 at wbsio0 port 0x290/8: W83627THF mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support umass0 at uhub0 port 5 configuration 1 interface 0 "RICOH USB2.0-FLASH Media" rev 2.00/0.01 addr 2 umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only scsibus1 at umass0: 2 targets, initiator 0 sd2 at scsibus1 targ 1 lun 0: <RICOH, R5U880FlashMedia, 0000> SCSI2 0/direct removable serial.05ca1880R5U880-00003 sd2: 15614MB, 512 bytes/sector, 31978496 sectors uhidev0 at uhub1 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "Genius Optical Mouse" rev 1.10/1.00 addr 2 uhidev0: iclass 3/1 ums0 at uhidev0: 3 buttons, Z dir wsmouse0 at ums0 mux 0 uaudio0 at uhub1 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "M Audio MobilePre" rev 1.10/1.03 addr 3 uaudio0: audio rev 1.00, 9 mixer controls audio0 at uaudio0 vscsi0 at root scsibus2 at vscsi0: 256 targets softraid0 at root scsibus3 at softraid0: 256 targets root on sd2a (9dbfde9a4bdbbac7.a) swap on sd2b dump on sd2b umass1 at uhub0 port 3 configuration 1 interface 0 "SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. Samsung Android USB Device" rev 2.00/4.00 addr 3 umass1: using SCSI over Bulk-Only scsibus4 at umass1: 2 targets, initiator 0 sd3 at scsibus4 targ 1 lun 0: <SAMSUNG, GT-I5510 Card, 0000> SCSI2 0/direct removable serial.04e8681d551065d6a9ce sd3 detached scsibus4 detached umass1 detached urndis0 at uhub0 port 3 configuration 1 interface 0 "SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. Samsung Android USB Device" rev 2.00/4.00 addr 3 urndis0: address be:a1:fc:82:8f:c5 OpenBSD 5.2-current (GENERIC) #286: Mon Aug 20 12:53:32 MDT 2012 dera...@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC cpu0: Intel Pentium III ("GenuineIntel" 686-class, 128KB L2 cache) 847 MHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE real mem = 259518464 (247MB) avail mem = 244367360 (233MB) mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 08/20/01, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfd720, SMBIOS rev. 2.3 @ 0xe9f90 (17 entries) bios0: vendor Phoenix Technologies LTD version "0F08" date 08/20/2001 bios0: Compaq 110 series apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2 acpi at bios0 function 0x0 not configured pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xfd720/0x8e0 pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xfdf70/112 (5 entries) pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:07:0 ("VIA VT82C596A ISA" rev 0x00) pcibios0: PCI bus #2 is the last bus bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xc000 0xcc000/0x1800 cpu0 at mainbus0: (uniprocessor) pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "VIA VT8601 PCI" rev 0x05 viaagp0 at pchb0: v2 agp0 at viaagp0: aperture at 0xf8000000, size 0x10000000 ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "VIA VT82C601 AGP" rev 0x00 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Trident CyberBlade i1 AGP" rev 0x6a wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) pcib0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 "VIA VT82C686 ISA" rev 0x22 pciide0 at pci0 dev 7 function 1 "VIA VT82C571 IDE" rev 0x10: ATA66, channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <IC25N015ATDA04-0> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 14403MB, 29498112 sectors wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 4 atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0 scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <QSI, CD-ROM SCR-242, CCA1> ATAPI 5/cdrom removable cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2 uhci0 at pci0 dev 7 function 2 "VIA VT83C572 USB" rev 0x10: irq 11 viapm0 at pci0 dev 7 function 4 "VIA VT82C686 SMBus" rev 0x30: SMBus disabled viapm0: 24-bit timer at 3579545Hz viapm0: HWM disabled auvia0 at pci0 dev 7 function 5 "VIA VT82C686 AC97" rev 0x20: irq 9 ac97: codec id 0x41445348 (Analog Devices AD1881A) ac97: codec features headphone, Analog Devices Phat Stereo audio0 at auvia0 fxp0 at pci0 dev 9 function 0 "Intel 8255x" rev 0x09, i82559S: irq 11, address 00:d0:59:80:c6:e5 inphy0 at fxp0 phy 1: i82555 10/100 PHY, rev. 4 "AT&T/Lucent LTMODEM" rev 0x00 at pci0 dev 9 function 1 not configured cbb0 at pci0 dev 10 function 0 "TI PCI1410 CardBus" rev 0x01: irq 11 isa0 at pcib0 isadma0 at isa0 com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0 pms0: Synaptics touchpad, firmware 4.6 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 spkr0 at pcppi0 lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7 npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16 fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2 fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0 at usb0 "VIA UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 cardslot0 at cbb0 slot 0 flags 0 cardbus0 at cardslot0: bus 2 device 0 cacheline 0x0, lattimer 0x20 pcmcia0 at cardslot0 mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support vscsi0 at root scsibus1 at vscsi0: 256 targets softraid0 at root scsibus2 at softraid0: 256 targets root on wd0a (b2284437e82f62e4.a) swap on wd0b dump on wd0b umass0 at uhub0 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. Samsung Android USB Device" rev 2.00/4.00 addr 2 umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only scsibus3 at umass0: 2 targets, initiator 0 sd0 at scsibus3 targ 1 lun 0: <SAMSUNG, GT-I5510 Card, 0000> SCSI2 0/direct removable serial.04e8681d551065d6a9ce sd1 at scsibus2 targ 1 lun 0: <OPENBSD, SR CRYPTO, 005> SCSI2 0/direct fixed sd1: 1764MB, 512 bytes/sector, 3614096 sectors softraid0: volume sd1 is roaming, it used to be sd0, updating metadata sd0 detached scsibus3 detached umass0 detached urndis0 at uhub0 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. Samsung Android USB Device" rev 2.00/4.00 addr 2 urndis0: TIMEOUT urndis0: unable to get init response urndis0: TIMEOUT urndis0: unable to get query response urndis0: unable to get hardware address urndis0 detached umass0 at uhub0 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. Samsung Android USB Device" rev 2.00/4.00 addr 2 umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only scsibus3 at umass0: 2 targets, initiator 0 sd0 at scsibus3 targ 1 lun 0: <SAMSUNG, GT-I5510 Card, 0000> SCSI2 0/direct removable serial.04e8681d551065d6a9ce sd0 detached scsibus3 detached umass0 detached urndis0 at uhub0 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. Samsung Android USB Device" rev 2.00/4.00 addr 2 urndis0: TIMEOUT urndis0: unable to get init response urndis0: TIMEOUT urndis0: unable to get query response urndis0: unable to get hardware address