Bug 85041

Summary:	probing: sync with NM to decide whether a WWAN port is really modem-controlled
Product:	ModemManager	Reporter:	Aleksander Morgado <aleksander>
Component:	general	Assignee:	ModemManager bug user <modemmanager>
Status:	RESOLVED MOVED	QA Contact:
Severity:	minor
Priority:	medium	CC:	xavion.0
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other
OS:	All
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i915 platform:		i915 features:

Description Aleksander Morgado 2014-10-15 09:26:08 UTC

Originally reported at:
  https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=730918
  http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/modemmanager-devel/2014-April/001062.html

There are devices out there (e.g. Huawei E355) which expose a WWAN port,
flagged as WWAN by the kernel, but which doesn't require any further setup via
any control protocol.

MM could have a new 'probing' property to let users know that a device is being
probed, and if the probing ends without MM creating a modem for a given WWAN
port, NM could take over the control of the port and try IP setup on it
directly as if it were an Ethernet interface.

Comment 1 Xavion 2014-10-18 20:22:19 UTC

This problem also occurs with the Huawei E5372T.  A detailed bug report, including debug output, exists here: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=723978

Comment 2 GitLab Migration User 2018-06-10 09:03:59 UTC

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