add Qualcomm 3G modem info to hal-info

[Dan Williams]

On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 08:52 -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 11:07:06AM -0500, Dan Williams wrote:
> > On Wed, 2009-02-25 at 14:13 -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > > Below is a patch against the latest hal-info git tree that adds support
> > > for Qualcomm's new 3G modem.  There's only one port bound to by the
> > > driver (which is in the linux-next tree if anyone wants it), so no need
> > > to specify the specific port.
> > > 
> > > If there's any problem with this, please let me know.
> > > 
> > > thanks,
> > > 
> > > greg k-h
> > > 
> > > ----------
> > > From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh at suse.de>
> > > Subject: Add Quallcom 3G modem information.
> > > 
> > > It only has 1 port
> > 
> > Which driver drives it, and what's the brand name?  I'm pretty sure the
> > new "GOBI" CDMA+EVDO+UMTS+HSPA all-in-one modems don't have Linux
> > support...
> 
> As I mention above, a new driver is needed for this device.  The driver
> is in the linux-next tree and will be in the 2.6.30 kernel and is called
> qcserial.c.  I've attached it to this message as well, as it's tiny.
> 
> As for the "brand name" it's an internal modem in a laptop and has no
> "brand name" as it can not be bought on its own as far as I know.

Oh excellent!  So it is a driver for the gobi modems.  That's pretty
cool.  Any chance you could get somebody to run "ATI" and "AT+GCAP" on
the cards?  I'd love to see what capabilties they report, since the Gobi
modems supposedly do everything (CDMA and GSM/UMTS in the same
hardware).

Dan