Dell 5570 (Sierra) supported?

[Manuel Lauss]

On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 7:59 PM, Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2014-11-25 at 19:54 +0100, Manuel Lauss wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 7:41 PM, Aleksander Morgado
>> <aleksander at aleksander.es> wrote:
>> > On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 7:35 PM, Manuel Lauss <manuel.lauss at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>> Manuel, could you apply the attached patch to a custom libmbim build and test?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> That worked, mm can now see it, but:
>> >>
>> >> # mmcli -i 0 --enable-pin --pin=1234
>> >> error: couldn't enable PIN code request in the SIM:
>> >> 'GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.libmbim.Error.Status.NoDeviceSupport:
>> >> NoDeviceSupport'
>> >
>> >
>> > If you want to unlock the PIN, don't use --enable-pin, instead just:
>> > # mmcli -i 0 --pin=1234
>>
>> Okay, thanks, that worked, on to the next problem:
>>
>> # mmcli -m 0 -v --enable
>> [25 Nov 2014, 19:49:31] [Debug] ModemManager process found at ':1.36'
>> [25 Nov 2014, 19:49:31] [Debug] Assuming '0' is the modem index
>> [25 Nov 2014, 19:49:31] [Debug] Modem found at
>> '/org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/Modem/0'
>>
>> [25 Nov 2014, 19:49:31] [Debug] Synchronously enabling modem...
>> error: couldn't enable the modem:
>> 'GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.libmbim.Error.Status.Failure: Failure'
>>
>>
>>
>> # mmcli -v -m 0
>> [25 Nov 2014, 19:52:42] [Debug] ModemManager process found at ':1.36'
>> [25 Nov 2014, 19:52:42] [Debug] Assuming '0' is the modem index
>> [25 Nov 2014, 19:52:42] [Debug] Modem found at
>> '/org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/Modem/0'
>>
>> [25 Nov 2014, 19:52:42] [Debug] Printing modem info...
>>
>> /org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/Modem/0 (device id
>> '2ddd1761c3731103193e0459da9459e6cad6d27d')
>>   -------------------------
>>   Hardware |   manufacturer: 'Generic'
>>            |          model: 'MBIM [413C:81A3]'
>>            |       revision: 'SWI9X15C_01.12'
>>            |      supported: 'gsm-umts'
>>            |        current: 'gsm-umts'
>>            |   equipment id: '355605055648221'
>>   -------------------------
>>   System   |         device: '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-10'
>>            |        drivers: 'cdc_mbim'
>>            |         plugin: 'Generic'
>>            |   primary port: 'cdc-wdm0'
>>            |          ports: 'cdc-wdm0 (mbim), wwan0 (net)'
>>   -------------------------
>>   Numbers  |           own : 'unknown'
>>   -------------------------
>>   Status   |           lock: 'none'
>>            | unlock retries: 'sim-pin2 (3)'
>>            |          state: 'disabled'
>>            |    power state: 'low'
>>            |    access tech: 'unknown'
>>            | signal quality: '0' (cached)
>>   -------------------------
>>   Modes    |      supported: 'allowed: 2g, 3g; preferred: none'
>>            |        current: 'allowed: 2g, 3g; preferred: none'
>>   -------------------------
>>   Bands    |      supported: 'unknown'
>>            |        current: 'unknown'
>>   -------------------------
>>   IP       |      supported: 'ipv4, ipv6, ipv4v6'
>>   -------------------------
>>   3GPP     |           imei: '355605055648221'
>>            |  enabled locks: 'sim, fixed-dialing'
>>            |    operator id: 'unknown'
>>            |  operator name: 'unknown'
>>            |   subscription: 'unknown'
>>            |   registration: 'unknown'
>>   -------------------------
>>   SIM      |           path: '/org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/SIM/0'
>>
>>   -------------------------
>>   Bearers  |          paths: 'none'
>>
>
> Are you 100% sure this machine does not have some kind of "airplane
> mode" switch that controls whether the radio on the WWAN card is on/off?
> What do you get when you run 'rfkill list' ?


Well, rfkill list shows only bluetooth and wlan (and nfc card reader).
wwan is enabled in BIOS; the dell airplane mode switch acpi device node
doesn't do anything (tried to poke all methods with acpi_call).

Thanks for your support!
      Manuel