ModemManager for non-desktop linux-es (like openwrt for eg) ?

[Aleksander Morgado]

On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 2:28 AM, Gopakumar Choorakkot Edakkunni
<gopakumar.c.e at gmail.com> wrote:
> Awesome ! let me take a look at that package, thanks !
>

None of the custom packaging rules in that blogpost got into the
OpenWRT packages or trunk repos, AFAIK. But they all probably still
apply right now, so you shouldn't have many issues. I tested them back
when I wrote them in a MIPS board.

>
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 3:59 PM, David McCullough
> <david.mccullough at accelecon.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Gopakumar Choorakkot Edakkunni wrote the following:
>> > All,
>> >
>> > ModemManager obviously has a wealth of information coded in it related
>> > to
>> > the modes of operation and quirks and black magic tricks required for
>> > every
>> > different kind of modem: so what is the best way to get all that on
>> > systems
>> > like openwrt ? Before I start actually sitting down and trying to see
>> > what
>> > it takes to get ModemManager working on openwrt, I wanted to see if any
>> > previous attempts have been made in this direction, any code sitting
>> > around
>> > for such a port ? If not, what would be the top few big-ticket items
>> > that
>> > would need to be tackled before such a port can be attempted - one thing
>> > I
>> > can think of is the heavy reliance on DBUS and the need to maybe wrap it
>> > with some other simple socket mechanism on openwrt. I am interested in
>> > hearing thoughts/comments on this.
>>
>> Google knows :-)
>>
>>
>> http://sigquit.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/modemmanager-and-latest-udev-in-openwrt/
>>
>> We run modem manager in an embedded system like OpenWRT, I think its the
>> only dbus user we have but the overheads are not that huge and it does
>> make
>> handling modems much easier by giving you a common set of commands (mmcli)
>> for all modems.  For reference we fit ModemManager, IPsec, Firewall, UI
>> and
>> a fairly full linux system of various bits into 8MB of flash.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Davidm
>>
>> --
>> David McCullough,  david.mccullough at accelecon.com,   Ph: 0410 560 763
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