How To
Purpose
Configuring iPhone as an AP for Gentoo-installed notebook.
Requirements
- Gentoo Linux 2.1
- >=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-5.15.80
- >=app-pda/libimobiledevice-1.3.0
- >=app-pda/usbmuxd-1.1.1
- iPhone 6 or later
Procedure
-
Installing Necessary Packages
emerge -avt libimobiledevice usbmuxd
-
Configuring Kernel Modules
cd /usr/src/linux && make menuconfig
Enabling kernel module: ehci-pci
Device Drivers --->
[*] USB support --->
[*] PCI based USB host interface
<*> EHCI HCD (USB 2.0) support
Rebuilding kernel, generating boot image, modifying grub menu list.
mount /boot # just in case 'noauto' is enabled in file '/etc/fstab'
make && make modules_install && make install
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
Note: Rerunning dracut for OS which has an LV-based root file system is always recommended (find How-to in another article).
- After reboot (only if the kernel is rebuilt), connecting the iPhone to the notebook
lsusb
Output should be:
# lsusb
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 05ac:12a8 Apple, Inc. iPhone 5/5C/5S/6/SE/7/8/X/XR
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 152d:0562 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA Technology Corp. JMS567 SATA 6Gb/s bridge
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 04f2:b221 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd integrated camera
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0a5c:217f Broadcom Corp. BCM2045B (BDC-2.1)
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 147e:2016 Upek Biometric Touchchip/Touchstrip Fingerprint Sensor
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
- Configuring networking service
Using the command ip a to find out the interface name coming with the iPhone
ip a
Output:
...skiped
8: enp0s29u1u2c4i2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 8e:98:6b:8a:57:7f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 172.20.10.2/28 brd 172.20.10.15 scope global dynamic noprefixroute enp0s29u1u2c4i2
valid_lft 85596sec preferred_lft 74796sec
inet6 2409:8974:e2:5cfa:8c98:6bff:fe8a:577f/64 scope global dynamic mngtmpaddr proto kernel_ra
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 fe80::8c98:6bff:fe8a:577f/64 scope link proto kernel_ll
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
Note: Never forget to enable iPhone Hotpot
Enabling interface enp0s29u1u2c4i2 on boot with OS
cd /etc/init.d
ln -s net.lo net.enp0s29u1u2c4i2
rc-update add net.enp0s29u1u2c4i2 default
Additional
Starting & and stopping the networking service
/etc/init.d/net.enp0s29u1u2c4i2 <start | stop | restart>