Re: AW: Problems with Sierra MC 8790 with older firmware revision

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Fri, 2013-03-01 at 15:08 +0100, Gerald Richter - ECOS wrote:
> The following patch solves the problem for us. It works with all revisions we have available for testing

Pushed to git master and 0.6, thanks!

Dan

> Gerald
>
> --- mm-plugin-sierra.c~       2012-08-29 17:02:18.000000000 +0200
> +++ mm-plugin-sierra.c        2013-03-01 13:22:09.000000000 +0100
> @@ -78,6 +78,9 @@
>          if (strstr (response, "C885"))
>              g_object_set_data (G_OBJECT (task), TAG_SIERRA_APP_PPP_OK, GUINT_TO_POINTER (TRUE));
>  
> +        if (strstr (response, "MC8790"))
> +            g_object_set_data (G_OBJECT (task), TAG_SIERRA_APP_PPP_OK, GUINT_TO_POINTER (TRUE));
> +
>          /* For debugging: let users figure out if their device supports it or not */
>          if (getenv ("MM_SIERRA_APP1_PPP_OK")) {
>              mm_dbg ("Sierra: APP1 PPP OK '%s'", response);
>
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: networkmanager-list [mailto:networkmanager-list-
> > bounces gnome org] Im Auftrag von Gerald Richter - ECOS
> > Gesendet: Montag, 25. Februar 2013 13:10
> > An: Dan Williams; Harald Jung
> > Cc: Marius Kotsbak; networkmanager-list gnome org
> > Betreff: AW: Problems with Sierra MC 8790 with older firmware revision
> >
> > Hi Dan,
> >
> > we have now tested with two MC8790 cards. One has work ever since with
> > modem-manger, the other didn't (as Harald reported last week).
> >
> > From an usb point of view there is no difference (same product/vendor id
> > etc.).
> >
> > The only difference is, that the card that isn't working reports Revision
> > K1_0_3_0AP, while the one that is working reports K1_1_1_9AP.
> >
> > Running with
> >
> > MM_SIERRA_APP1_PPP_OK=1 /modem-manager --debug
> >
> > Both cards are working correctly and both use ttyUSB4 for pppd (while the
> > one that worked before uses ttyUSB3 without that setting).
> >
> > So as far as we can test, it's safe to always use ttyUSB4 on MC8790.
> >
> > Could you please let us know how to tell modem-manager to always use this
> > setting for MC8790
> >
> > Thanks & Regards
> >
> > Gerald
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > > Von: Dan Williams [mailto:dcbw redhat com]
> > > Gesendet: Freitag, 22. Februar 2013 04:57
> > > An: Harald Jung
> > > Cc: Marius Kotsbak; networkmanager-list gnome org
> > > Betreff: Re: Problems with Sierra MC 8790 after kernel upgrade to
> > > 3.7.x
> > >
> > > On Thu, 2013-02-21 at 19:36 +0100, Harald Jung wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > after a coldstart your hint worked.
> > > > Is there a possibility to pass manage this by udev?
> > > > modem-manager uses an enviroment variable and is triggered itself by
> > > dbus.
> > > > So it seems to be difficult in the first place.
> > >
> > > The environment variable is only there for testing.  Once we have a
> > > positive test, we can tell ModemManager that the 8790 is OK to do this for
> > everyone.
> > > Dan
> > >
> > > > Harald
> > > >
> > > > Am 18.02.2013 12:24, schrieb Harald Jung:
> > > > > the output looks a bit different but i wasn't able to establish a
> > > > > connection :(
> > > > >
> > > > > modem-manager[6820]: <debug> [mm-manager.c:859]
> > device_added():
> > > > > (net/ppp0): could not get port's parent device
> > > > > modem-manager[6820]: <debug> [mm-at-serial-port.c:334]
> > debug_log():
> > > > > (ttyUSB3): <-- '<CR><LF>+CIEV: 1,3<CR><LF>'
> > > > > modem-manager[6820]: <debug> [mm-at-serial-port.c:334]
> > debug_log():
> > > > > (ttyUSB3): <-- '<CR><LF>+CIEV: 7,0<CR><LF>'
> > > > > modem-manager[6820]: <debug> [mm-serial-port.c:697]
> > > data_available():
> > > > > (ttyUSB4) unexpected port hangup!
> > > > >
> > > > > Harald
> > > > >
> > > > > Am 15.02.2013 22:07, schrieb Dan Williams:
> > > > > > On Fri, 2013-02-15 at 09:26 +0100, Harald Jung wrote:
> > > > > > > I've cleaned up to log, because i have no access to the notebook
> > > > > > > at the moment.
> > > > > > > ipv6 should be deactived and is not activated in the config.
> > > > > > Once you have access to the notebook again, can you stop MM the
> > > > > > normal
> > > > > > way:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > mv /usr/sbin/modem-manager /
> > > > > > killall -TERM modem-manager
> > > > > >
> > > > > > and then run MM like this?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > MM_SIERRA_APP1_PPP_OK=1 /modem-manager --debug
> > > > > >
> > > > > > and attempt a connection?  Older Sierra devices allow PPP on the
> > > > > > APP1 port (ttyUSB4 on your device) but unfortunately we have to
> > > > > > whitelist that.  It's actually impossible to test which tty
> > > > > > accepts PPP on most Sierra devices, so we really have no idea.
> > > > > > For examply, my C885 and
> > > > > > USB306 allow it, but none of my (four) 8775s or my 8781 allows it.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Dan
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