[PATCH 0/2] preparing qmicli for firmware download support

Dan Williams dcbw at redhat.com
Fri Aug 19 19:30:16 UTC 2016


On Fri, 2016-08-19 at 16:29 +0200, Bjørn Mork wrote:
> This is only tested on a Sierra Wireless EM7455 so far.  I expect it
> to need
> some modifications for older modems or for modems from other
> vendors.  When
> it comes to the latter, I really don't know how to download the
> firmware
> images anyway...
> 
> The main difference between the new --dms-set-firmware-pref request
> and the
> existing -dms-select-stored-image, is that the new request allows you
> to
> select *any* MODEM and PRI combination, regardless of which images
> are
> present on the modem.  This is a necessary prerequisite for
> installing
> new firmware versions.
> 
> Selecting a non-existing MODEM + PRI combination will make the modem
> automatically wait in QDL mode on the next reset, allowing the
> missing
> image(s) to be downloaded.  The second patch prints the list of
> images
> the modem needs.
> 

Looks good to me.

Dan


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