[Patch] add QMI cmd defintion to create PDP profile at specific index (Sierra only)

[Wolfgang Tolkien]

The "WDS Profile Identifier" TLV is new. Qualcomm's "Create Profile" message only has a "Profile Type" TLV which does not include the profile index. Seems like an oversight by Qualcomm which Sierra corrected with their new QMI command.

Wolfgang


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On July 28, 2018 10:14 AM, Aleksander Morgado <aleksander at aleksander.es> wrote:

> Hey,
>
> > -   'profile index' and 'profile number' (as in WDS_GET/SET_DEFAULT_PROFILE_NUM) are the same. I'll call them 'profile index' below.
> > -   'PDP context number' is different
> >
> > When using the AT+CGDCONT command, they are all set to the same value (and my qmicli patch mimics that). However, when using WDS_CREATE_PROFILE the modem will decide which profile index to use, while the user can specify an arbitrary PDP context number via TLV.
> > The problem is that the 'start network' command (and pretty much everything else) references the profile index, not the PDP context number. In fact, I have no idea what the PDP context number is good for.
> > Sierra seems to have noticed, hence their vendor specific QMI command - I started looking for it when I noticed that their SDK API supports the 'profile index' parameter for creating profiles.
> > BTW, not keeping both values in sync can get really messy with AT-commands. AT+CGDCONT? displays the PDP context number - here it is set to '150':
> > +CGDCONT: 150,"IPV4V6","internet.freedommobile.ca","0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0",0,0,0,0
> > However, when trying to delete it, I have to reference the profile index (which, with AT-commands, I can only guess):
> > at+cgdcont=150
> > ERROR
> > at+cgdcont=1
> > OK
>
> I'm also a bit confused here. I do see the new message definition, but
> I'm not sure which the "profile index parameter" is in the new
> message. I see the "WDS Profile Identifier" and "WDS PDP Context
> Number" TLVs, but those are also available in the original Create
> Profile request... so how is this command different? Just wondering.
>
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