Identifying mobile phones as modems

[Daniel Qarras]

Hi all,

in February it was discussed how modems and mobile broadband cards
should be identified (1, 2, 3) and the result was a nice patch to solve
the issue (4). So far, so good.

I'm now wondering how to deal with a mobile phone connected via a
serial/usb cable being used as a modem with NetworkManager. I need the
entry below (5) in the file 10-modem.fdi with my Nokia 6021 connected
to my laptop via a Nokia CA-42 cable. As the CA-42 cable is only for
Nokia phones it should be safe to add this or what do you think? If
this is not a good option does anyone have better ideas?

Thanks!

1) http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/hal/2008-February/010747.html
2) http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/hal/2008-February/010759.html
3) http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/hal/2008-February/010780.html
4)
http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=hal-info.git;a=commit;h=5f906756030f6dcce6f55f11e29631dba023e984

5)

      <!-- Nokia Mobile Phone via CA-42 -->
      <match key="@info.parent:usb.vendor_id" int="0x0421">
        <match key="@info.parent:usb.product_id" int="0x0802">
          <match key="@info.parent:usb.interface.number" int="0">
            <append key="info.capabilities"
type="strlist">modem</append>
            <append key="modem.command_sets"
type="strlist">GSM-07.07</append>
            <append key="modem.command_sets"
type="strlist">GSM-07.05</append>
          </match>
        </match>
      </match>





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