Re: GPRS support for Ofono

[Denis Kenzior <denkenz@gmail.com>]

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Hi Waldo,

> > I know why you want this, but I'm still against the counter being an
> > oFono driver API.  There needs to be a proper kernel interface that
> > signals the application when an interface has gone away with the rx/tx
> > details.  This way we handle this generically for all modems without
> > relying on some intrinsic hardware capabilities.
>
> This still doesn't solve the case where the modem is accessed from a PC
> client and forwards PPP data as that data will not go through any network
> interface, e.g. BT DUN or USB tethering.

The cases you describe imply that oFono is not even in control of the gprs 
context.  How would we track/report the tx/rx statistics in that case?

>
> The modem is really in the best position to provide the most reliable
> information on data usage. You can still use statistics from the network
> interfaces as a fall-back in case the modem can not provide this
> information.

I don't disagree, but not every modem can track these statistics and this 
isn't described by 27.007.  I suggest the initial support should be enabled by 
the modem driver implementing a custom D-Bus interface and expose these 
details however it wishes.

Regards,
-Denis