RFC: aleksander/qmi-firmware-update branch

[Aleksander Morgado]

On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 8:09 PM, Bjørn Mork <bjorn at mork.no> wrote:
>>> But resetting by USB device ID and then uploading in QDL mode work
>>> flawlessly.  Although I didn't expect "reset" to use the AT command:
>>>
>>
>> It was the "suggested" way to reset the devices that don't support the
>> set firwmware preference command, at least that is what I could find.
>
> OK.  But what about modems without an AT port?
>
> I don't remember and am too lazy to search old mailing list posts, but I
> believe the MC7710 updater had a "magic" DMS boot-and-hold QMI request.
> 0x003e?

Where did you see that command?

I implemented support for "DMS Get/Set Boot Image Download Mode"
(0x004f and 0x0050), but those doesn't seem to work in the Sierra
modules. The command does work in a Novatel E396 I have around,
though.

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Aleksander
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