ANN: libqmi 1.22.0 released

[Aleksander Morgado]

Hey,

This is a new major release of libqmi, which will be the base for the new 1.22.x stable series (the new "qmi-1-22" branch in git).

A note for distribution packagers: the new ModemManager 1.10.0 series, not yet released, will depend on this version of libqmi.

Overview of changes in libqmi 1.22.0
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 * Build now looks for the correct python provider in the system during configure.

 * New services:
   ** New 'QoS' (Quality of Service) service, with some minimal initial implementation to support flow/network status querying. Additionally, some Sierra-specific commands are also implemented that allow querying per-bearer statistics (e.g. if multiple dedicated and default LTE bearers are used).

 * New request/responses/indications:
   ** loc: new "Register Events" request/response.
   ** loc: new "NMEA" indication.
   ** loc: new "Engine State" indication.
   ** loc: new "Fix Recurrence Type" indication.
   ** loc: new "GNSS Sv Info" indication.
   ** loc: new "Inject Predicted Orbits Data" request/response/indication.
   ** loc: new "Get Predicted Orbits Data Source" request/response/indication.
   ** loc: new "Set Server" request/response/indication.
   ** loc: new "Get Server" request/response/indication.
   ** loc: new "Delete Assistance Data" request/response/indication.
   ** loc: new "Set Operation Mode" request/response/indication.
   ** loc: new "Get Operation Mode" request/response/indication.
   ** loc: new "Inject XTRA Data" request/response/indication.
   ** uim: new "Card Status" indication.
   ** wds: new "Get Default Profile Num" request/response.
   ** wds: new "Set Default Profile Num" request/response.
   ** wds: new Sierra-specific "Swi Create Profile Indexed" request/response.

 * New TLVs supported in existing messages:
   ** loc: added multiple new TLVs in the "Position Report" indication, which was a minimal skeleton in previous releases.
   ** loc: added 'Fix Recurrence Type' TLV in "Start".
   ** loc: added 'Minimum Interval between Position Reports' TLV in "Start".
   ** nas: added 'Acquisition Order Preference' TLV in "Set System Selection Preference" and "Get System Selection Preference".
   ** nas: added 'Phy CA Agg Secondary Cells' TLV in "Get LTE Cphy CA Info".
   ** wds: added 'WDS APN Disabled Flag' TLV in "Create Profile", "Modify Profile" and "Get Profile Settings".
   ** wds: added 'WDS Roaming Disallowed Flag' TLV in "Create Profile", "Modify Profile" and "Get Profile Settings".

 * libqmi:
   ** Assume TLVs < 0x10 are mandatory by default.
   ** Fixed some missing QmiProtocolErrors and updated some existing ones.
   ** Implemented support to allow enabling QMI indications when in MBIM mode.
   ** Addded missing QmiNasBandPreference and QmiDmsLteBandCapability flags.
   ** Deprecate QMI_CORE_ERROR_TLV_EMPTY, as empty TLVs are allowed by the protocol and totally valid e.g. in 0-sized string-type TLVs.
   ** Moved all deprecated APIs to 'qmi-compat.h' header.

 * qmicli:
   ** New '--loc-get-position-report' command.
   ** New '--loc-get-gnss-sv-info' command.
   ** New '--loc-follow-position-report' command.
   ** New '--loc-follow-gnss-sv-info' command.
   ** New '--loc-follow-nmea' command.
   ** New '--loc-delete-assistance-data' command.
   ** New '--qos-get-flow-status' command.
   ** New '--qos-get-network-status' command.
   ** New '--qos-swi-read-data-stats' command.
   ** New '--qos-reset' command.
   ** New '--wds-create-profile' command.
   ** New '--wds-modify-profile' command.
   ** New '--wds-delete-profile' command.
   ** New '--wds-get-default-profile-num' command.
   ** New '--wds-set-default-profile-num' command.
   ** New '--wds-swi-create-profile-indexed' command.
   ** Added support to request acquisition order preference updates when using '--nas-set-system-selection-preference'.
   ** Fixed slot indices in '--uim-get-card-status'.
   ** Fixed '--uim-set-pin-protection', '--uim-verify-pin", "--uim-unblock-pin", and '--uim-change-pin', so that a dummy application identifier is always used.
   ** Updated so that all commands work even through QMI over MBIM, even if indications are required to complete the command (e.g. most PDC and LOC commands).

 * qmi-network:
   ** Avoid creating invalid --wds-start-network when APN is not set.

 * Several other minor improvements and fixes.

The following features which were backported to 1.20.x releases are also present in libqmi 1.22.0:

 * qmicli:
   ** Exit on --wds-start-network parse errors.
   ** Fix reading current technology in --wds-get-data-bearer-technology.

 * qmi-firmware-update:
   ** Fix --ignore-version-errors.
   ** Fix byte counts in error message.

 * libqmi-glib:
   ** dms: factory settings related operations since 1.0
   ** Avoid closing same file descriptor twice.
   ** Don't leak the inner MbimDevice if MBIM_QMUX_ENABLED.

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About libqmi:
    http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/libqmi

Download here:
    http://www.freedesktop.org/software/libqmi/libqmi-1.22.0.tar.xz

Verify it:
    $ md5sum libqmi-1.22.0.tar.xz 
    35f7e1b03f9b6218a30c78422f72c6ac  libqmi-1.22.0.tar.xz

API here:
    http://www.freedesktop.org/software/libqmi/libqmi-glib/1.22.0/

Please report bugs either to:
    libqmi-devel at lists.freedesktop.org

Or to gitlab:
    https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mobile-broadband/libqmi/issues

Cheers!
-- 
Aleksander
https://aleksander.es