77-mm-usb-device-blacklist.rules - allow blacklisting various devices

[poma]

On 04.09.2014 10:10, Aleksander Morgado wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 6:06 PM, poma <pomidorabelisima at gmail.com> wrote:
>> "56K modems - work still in progress patch"
>> https://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2010-August/msg00133.html
>>
>>   Hi!
>>
>>   Here's the first step in adding 56k modems capability to NetworkManager
>>   through ModemManager. There's still work to do but it is a good start ;)
>>
>>   Let me know if this is all good :)
>>
>>   Regards,
>>   Alex
>>
>>   diff -uNr ModemManager-0.4/src/Makefile.am ModemManager/src/Makefile.am
>>   --- ModemManager-0.4/src/Makefile.am  2010-04-29 20:01:40.000000000 +0100
>>   +++ ModemManager/src/Makefile.am      2010-08-12 10:17:24.291249721 +0100
>>   @@ -90,6 +90,8 @@
>>         mm-generic-cdma.h \
>>         mm-generic-gsm.c \
>>         mm-generic-gsm.h \
>>   +     mm-generic-56k.c \
>>   +     mm-generic-56k.h \
>>   ...
> 
> That patch was a good start, at least defining a skeleton for the new
> object, but doesn't really add much more. Plus, it's targeted at the
> old <= MM 0.6.x codebase... The new codebase can have a non-broadband
> object already, an object which doesn't need to inherit from
> MMBroadbandModem, and therefore it can likely be written much much
> easier.
> 
> One of the things that need to be handled is how to detect that a
> modem is a 56k non-mobile-broadband modem. Of course, looking at the
> +GCAP output should be a start (e.g. if no GSM and no CDMA caps,
> assume it's a POTS modem). That would be a good start for at least USB
> modems where we can detect the TTYs quickly. For older RS232 modems we
> would still need an explicit Scan() call in the DBus interface if they
> have to be probed through a RS232<->USB adapter.
> 
> Poma, how many 56k modems do you have? And how many of those are USB
> and how many are RS232?
> 

Is it out of curiosity, or you really intend to do actual work on supporting 56K? :)


poma