Re: [PATCH net-next] net: usb: cdc_ncm: add Apple Silicon MacBook Air (05ac:1903) device ID

From: Nicolai Buchwitz

Date: Fri Oct 23 2026 - 04:58:19 EST


Hi Divyanshu

On 23.10.2026 09:04, Divyanshu Jha wrote:
The Apple Silicon MacBook Air exposes a CDC-NCM interface (05ac:1903)
when connected host-to-host over USB-C.

Which model and chip? a5148bc2fa27 says the MacBook Air shows up as
0x1905, and the Mac PIDs so far (0x1901/0x1902/0x1905) seem to follow
the SoC generation, not the product line?

Please add the lsusb -v or ioreg output for 0x1903 and the dmesg lines
you saw, like the 0x1902 commit did.


Like other Apple CDC-NCM peripherals (0x1902 and 0x1905), Apple's
firmware omits the CDC status interrupt endpoint. This causes the
standard cdc_ncm probe to fail with a missing endpoint error.

Add device ID 05ac:1903 to cdc_ncm_devs binding to

nit: cdc_ncm_devs -> cdc_devs

apple_private_interface_info so the driver bypasses the interrupt
check and initializes host-to-host networking successfully.

Signed-off-by: Divyanshu Jha <divyanshuj2006@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c b/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c
index 35db38cb3..6848b9421 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c
@@ -2019,6 +2019,12 @@ static const struct usb_device_id cdc_devs[] = {
{ USB_DEVICE_INTERFACE_NUMBER(0x05ac, 0x1902, 2),
.driver_info = (unsigned long)&apple_private_interface_info,
},
+ { USB_DEVICE_INTERFACE_NUMBER(0x05ac, 0x1903, 0),
+ .driver_info = (unsigned long)&apple_private_interface_info,
+ },
+ { USB_DEVICE_INTERFACE_NUMBER(0x05ac, 0x1903, 2),
+ .driver_info = (unsigned long)&apple_private_interface_info,
+ },
{ USB_DEVICE_INTERFACE_NUMBER(0x05ac, 0x1905, 0),
.driver_info = (unsigned long)&apple_private_interface_info,
},

Please note that net-next is closed during the 7.4 merge window [1].
So please wait until it's open again, before you re-spin.

[1] https://netdev.bots.linux.dev/net-next.html

Thanks,
Nicolai