Support for Microchip LAN7800 USB 3.0 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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Issue

  • Microchip LAN7800 USB 3.0 to Ethernet device to work with RHEL 7.4
  • RHEL does not have support for Microchip LAN7800 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • The product page is https://www.microchip.com/wwwproducts/en/LAN7800
  • Plugging the device in gives the following device ID in dmesg:
new SuperSpeed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
New USB device found, idVendor=0424, idProduct=7800
New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Product: LAN7800
Manufacturer: Microchip

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 and earlier
  • Microchip LAN7800 USB 3.0 Ethernet device

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