Re: nmcli radio off connected to ModemManager power state low

[Aleksander Morgado <aleksander aleksander es>]

On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 1:56 PM, Carlo Lobrano <c lobrano gmail com> wrote:
> > The problem is that if the modem is totally powered off with a CFUN=0,
> then how do we power it back on? CFUN=4, where the modem is still
> >
> alive but with radio off is already more than enough in most cases.
> > Why do you need the modem to be totally off?
>
> In power low I could expect that the modem goes in some kind of power saving
> configuration but still connected to the network, it really depends on the
> modem capabilities, and when rfkill is not available, the modem is only set
> in power low, which may not be the same as radio off.
>
> I totally understand the problem though, modems that use CFUN=0 to power off
> are not listening to any command to put them ON again.
>
> I will look better to rfkill, but I still see a possible misunderstanding
> between power low intended as radio off and power low intended as power
> saving.

Is there any case in which CFUN=4 doesn't mean radio off? Maybe we got it wrong.

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