Hi!

> >I'd really like to get support for Droid 4 modem... unfortunately it
> >is quite special. Few words about Droid 4 modem protocol:
> 
> >
> >I'm not sure what is the best way to support it. I was not able to get
> >atchat.c to work with it (and I don't think it is quite suitable), so
> >I ended up copying it and modifying it for Droid 4 protocol.
> >
> >Is that acceptable? Can you see a better way?
> 
> I don't think there's really another way.  So the approach of duplicating
> GAtChat and everything inside drivers/atmodem is likely the way to go.
> 
> But if you pursue this, we really should throw out as much of the legacy in
> gatchat as possible:
> 
> - g_at_chat_suspend / resume is likely not needed (you're probably not
> running PPP over these, right)?
> - stuff like g_at_chat_set_wakeup is only relevant for some weird modems and
> probably isn't relevant here
> - add_terminator / blacklist_terminator might not be needed
> - Some other concepts might not be needed, like send_pdu_listing and
> send_and_expect_short_prompt.  Those are really only for weird SMS commands.
> - It might also be possible to greatly simplify the GAtParser
 >concept.

I had it removed from .c files, removed from .h now, too.

> - I'd also just put this all directly into drivers/motmodem/* instead of
> trying to extend gatchat library itself.

Already done.

> Most importantly though, we should stop using glib.  oFono is (glacially
> slowly) being ported over to ell.  So I don't really want to accept any new
> glib code.

Heh. I guess I'll wait for atchat to be converted, first...

Best regards,
								Pavel
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