Re: Network Manager's supported Modem list

[Peteris Krisjanis <pecisk gmail com>]

But it would be hard to make such list looking at the code? If not, I
could try to make such list. It would help Linux support guys
everywhere.

Cheers,
Peter

2009/5/21 Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>:
> On Wed, 2009-05-20 at 14:11 +0200, Herriot, Nicholas, VF-Group wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is there such a thing as Network Manager's supported USB Modem list?
>> And if this is a 'no' what part of the code base do I look at to find
>> out the supported modems?
>
> It depends on a few things...  first, the kernel drivers having the IDs
> for the modems.  In general, NM will support generic modems that use
> ATDT-style connection setup (ie, PPP).  It also supports Option
> 'hso'-style modems that use OWAN-style call setup.
>
> As of 0.7.1, I think we've got support for most of the modems that are
> currently in wide use.  We do occasionally find quirks (like Huawei CDMA
> modems from Reliance India that return "COMMAND NOT SUPPORT" instead of
> "ERROR", for example).
>
>> i.e. is there a 'conf' file with scripts for each modem?
>
> Nope, they are handled automatically in the code.  Scripts aren't really
> flexible enough, or if they are, they turn into a programming language
> anyway.
>
> Dan
>
>> Kind regards, Nicholas.
>>
>>
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