From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============7794660831250518410==" MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Marcel Holtmann Subject: Re: MNC/MCC as string? Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:33:05 +0200 Message-ID: <1244752385.27363.67.camel@violet> In-Reply-To: <200906112258.12298.remi@remlab.net> List-Id: To: ofono@ofono.org --===============7794660831250518410== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Remi, > > > >> For geolocation help, sure, but there are other places where MNC/M= CC > > > >> are used as keys to databases containing operator-specific > > > >> information, like default Internet APN names and such. > > > > > > > > shouldn't we just integrate that database into oFono directly or as > > > > something like ofono-info.git that will be installed along with (for > > > > easier updates). > > > > > > This particular database of default APN names, maybe, although I think > > > it's really oFono users like Connman that should integrate with that > > > information. > > > > > > However, this wouldn't be the only database ever, so we would still n= eed > > > a way to reliably identify a specific operator. > > > > if we are unclear about the format and the users at this moment, I > > prefer we remove that interface and just keep it around as a TODO item > > to add it later. > = > I don't see any lack of clarity. It is a series of two or three digits. > = > Anyway, if the database has a hole, we probably will have to return the = > MNC/MCC anyway (ever tried scanning for network with an old phone in a fo= reign = > country?). Then there is also the uniqueness problem. MNC/MCC pair solves = > that. if the database has a whole or we don't have the network provider string then we can just show the MNC/MCC in that case. That is pretty simple. No need to put extra burden into the userspace application and have it looking for two strings. I don't understand your uniqueness issue. We will have unique object path for every network. What else does userspace needs? Regards Marcel --===============7794660831250518410==--