[PATCH] Add CDC ACM Modem

[Danny Kukawka]

On Mittwoch, 16. April 2008, Daniel Qarras wrote:
> Hi,
>
> this is my third and last attempt on this. The attached patch add
> support for CDC ACM modems, typically provided by GSM/CDMA phones.
>
> Background: it turned out while testing a Nokia CA-42 cable with a GSM
> phone and NetworkManager that the cable can actually support CDMA
> phones, too (1). After few iterations it was suggested by Alex that
> these kind of cables should be marked as general V.250 modems (2).
> Applications can then use AT commands to find out whether the device is
> GSM, CDMA, or what else. However, it was also pointed out that David is
> working on a "probing feature" (3) which I'm unaware of, so please
> consider that aspect before applying the patch.
>
> 1) http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/hal/2008-March/011151.html
> 2) http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/hal/2008-April/011382.html
> 3) http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/hal/2008-April/011385.html
>
> As said, this is my last attempt on this one. Thanks.

I've commited this patch to git for now. Please send the next time a patch 
against git, which applies with 'patch -p1 <'

Danny