Extend modem.conf

Extend modem.conf

[Ryan Raasch]

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Hello,

I was wanting to extend the syntax of the modem.conf file. It is extra 
work to maintain a different plugin file for each generic AT modem with 
a different speed, serial settings.

I'm not sure on the best syntax for this. Maybe below could be a solution.

[generic]
Driver=atgen
Device=/dev/ttyS0:baud=115200:read=on:local:on


OR

[generic]
Driver=atgen
Device=/dev/ttyS0
DeviceOpts=baud=115200:read=on:local:on


Any opinions?


Also, shouldn't the "Driver" keyword in the file be named "Plugin" 
instead? It may give a better indication where to read in the source.


Greetings,
Ryan

Re: Extend modem.conf

[Denis Kenzior]

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Hi Ryan,

> Hello,
>
> I was wanting to extend the syntax of the modem.conf file. It is extra
> work to maintain a different plugin file for each generic AT modem with
> a different speed, serial settings.
>

I agree that this would be useful.

> I'm not sure on the best syntax for this. Maybe below could be a solution.
>
> [generic]
> Driver=atgen
> Device=/dev/ttyS0
> DeviceOpts=baud=115200:read=on:local:on

I prefer something like:
[generic]
Driver=atgen
Device=/dev/ttyS0
Baud=115200
Read=on
Local=on

We can even capitalize the values in gattty if it makes things easier.

> Also, shouldn't the "Driver" keyword in the file be named "Plugin"
> instead? It may give a better indication where to read in the source.

Everything is a driver, in this case we mean the modem driver.  These are also 
generally always plugins of the same name which leads to confusion.

Regards,
-Denis