From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============2189105504794355859==" MIME-Version: 1.0 From: =?unknown-8bit?q?Beno=C3=AEt?= Monin Subject: Re: [PATCH] hso: Set modem name based on udev network interface name Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:35:21 +0200 Message-ID: <20101025120910.178860@gmx.com> List-Id: To: ofono@ofono.org --===============2189105504794355859== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Marcel, > De : Marcel Holtmann > = > Hi Benoit, > = > the friendly modem name is for devices that do have a friendly name, > like Bluetooth headsets. Why do you wanna misuse the interface name > here. I am a bit against this, because it leads to speculation and > assumptions in userspace programs. > = Maybe I should give some details of what I'm trying to achieve. The device we're building has 2 identical modems with fixed position on USB. We also have the possibility to drive their power supply independently and to swap the sim cards. I need a way to know which one is modem A and which one is modem B and I have no easy way of knowing the modem serial number or the sim subscriber id beforehand. With an udev rule, I can easily set a fixed name for the network interface of each modem. But under ofono, I can't tell which modem is which. That's why I added this "not-so-friendly" name. Is there a way of knowing which physical modem ofono is refering to ? I recognize that our case may not be the most common and I understand that you don't want to abuse the Name property. Maybe exposing the NetworkInterface as a modem property would be ok ? or exposing a PhysicalName ? -- Beno=C3=AEt. --===============2189105504794355859==--