Novatel U727

[Craig Carl <craig gestas net>]

Dan et all -
   
    I use a Novatel U727 modem on Sprint, it is working well with .7.
The U727 is weird in that when it is first plugged into a USB port it is
mounted as a CD-ROM drive - (messages on a Ubuntu 8.10 desktop) -

Nov 30 18:46:53 laptop kernel: [ 3968.548081] usb 2-2: new full speed
USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4
Nov 30 18:46:53 laptop kernel: [ 3968.722628] usb 2-2: configuration #1
chosen from 1 choice
Nov 30 18:46:53 laptop kernel: [ 3968.733992] scsi4 : SCSI emulation for
USB Mass Storage devices
Nov 30 18:46:58 laptop kernel: [ 3973.745431] scsi 4:0:0:0:
CD-ROM            Novatel  Mass Storage     1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
Nov 30 18:46:58 laptop kernel: [ 3973.817859] sr1: scsi-1 drive
Nov 30 18:46:58 laptop kernel: [ 3973.819222] sr 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi
generic sg2 type 5

    The GSM modem is "hidden". Only after umount'ing the CD-ROM drive
does the modem show up -

Nov 30 18:48:10 laptop kernel: [ 4046.040093] usb 2-2: USB disconnect,
address 4
Nov 30 18:48:12 laptop kernel: [ 4047.272038] usb 2-2: new full speed
USB device using uhci_hcd and address 5
Nov 30 18:48:12 laptop kernel: [ 4047.448612] usb 2-2: configuration #1
chosen from 1 choice
Nov 30 18:48:12 laptop kernel: [ 4047.452171] option 2-2:1.0: GSM modem
(1-port) converter detected
Nov 30 18:48:12 laptop kernel: [ 4047.452747] usb 2-2: GSM modem
(1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0
Nov 30 18:48:12 laptop kernel: [ 4047.456037] option 2-2:1.1: GSM modem
(1-port) converter detected
Nov 30 18:48:12 laptop kernel: [ 4047.456466] usb 2-2: GSM modem
(1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1
Nov 30 18:48:12 laptop kernel: [ 4047.458862] option 2-2:1.2: GSM modem
(1-port) converter detected
Nov 30 18:48:12 laptop kernel: [ 4047.460429] usb 2-2: GSM modem
(1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB2
Nov 30 18:48:12 laptop kernel: [ 4047.463144] option 2-2:1.3: GSM modem
(1-port) converter detected
Nov 30 18:48:12 laptop kernel: [ 4047.463466] usb 2-2: GSM modem
(1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB3


    To make my life easier I have a small process that uses Net::Dbus to
attach to the system bus and watches for that Novatel SCSI device to
attach, then it immediately umount's it.

    My question is this - Should it be NetworkManager's responsibility
to watch for the U727 and make it available as a GSM modem, or should
that umount code remain outside of NetworkManager?

Thanks,

Craig