Comment 24 for bug 796006

Summary : fixed in Precise.

Precise is currently running on 3.2.0-26-generic.
Trying again.

Plugging a Samsung Galaxy S running Android 2.3.3 with kernel 2.6.35.7-I9000XWJVH-CL184813 .
Setting it for tethering.

Ubuntu kernel says :

[684939.580128] usb 3-2: new high-speed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd
[684939.601421] usb 3-2: ep 0x8b - rounding interval to 32768 microframes, ep desc says 0 microframes
[684939.601433] usb 3-2: ep 0xa - rounding interval to 32768 microframes, ep desc says 0 microframes
[684939.697387] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ether
[684939.708779] rndis_host 3-2:1.0: usb0: register 'rndis_host' at usb-0000:04:00.0-2, RNDIS device, fa:88:07:27:13:04
[684939.708859] usbcore: registered new interface driver rndis_host
[684939.730474] usbcore: registered new interface driver rndis_wlan

ifconfig reveals automatically found and configured USB-based network interface.

usb0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr fa:88:07:27:13:04
          inet adr:192.168.42.98 Bcast:192.168.42.255 Masque:255.255.255.0
          adr inet6: fe80::f888:7ff:fe27:1304/64 Scope:Lien
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          Packets reçus:23 erreurs:0 :0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:56 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 lg file transmission:1000
          Octets reçus:2142 (2.1 KB) Octets transmis:13649 (13.6 KB)

Routing table confirms tethering includes gateway to the internet.

$ /sbin/route -n
Table de routage IP du noyau
Destination Passerelle Genmask Indic Metric Ref Use Iface
0.0.0.0 192.168.42.129 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 usb0
192.168.42.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 1 0 0 usb0

Can ping the phone, ftp into the phone, transfer files.

Can ssh to external host through tethering.

Verdict : success.

This bug is no longer affecting me.