Hi Gustavo and Denis

On 01/21/2011 12:25 PM, ext Gustavo F. Padovan wrote:
> Hi Denis,
>
> * Denis Kenzior<denkenz@gmail.com>  [2011-01-21 14:15:46 -0600]:
>
>> Hi Dara,
>>
>> On 01/20/2011 04:48 PM, Dara Spieker-Doyle wrote:
>>> Add support for providing the type of the attached modem device
>>> including GSM (3GPP), CDMA (3GPP2) and Bluetooth HFP.
>>> ---
>>>   doc/modem-api.txt |   13 +++++++++++++
>>>   1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/doc/modem-api.txt b/doc/modem-api.txt
>>> index 45043b0..fe806c8 100644
>>> --- a/doc/modem-api.txt
>>> +++ b/doc/modem-api.txt
>>> @@ -82,6 +82,19 @@ Properties	boolean Powered [readwrite]
>>>
>>>   			This is usually obtained by using the +CGSN AT command.
>>>
>>> +		string Type [readonly, optional, experimental]
>>> +
>>> +			String representing the type of the modem device.
>>> +
>>> +			The possible values are:
>>> +				"gsm" 	Modem supports one or more of the 3GPP
>>> +					family of technologies including GSM,
>>> +					EDGE, UMTS, HSPA, LTE.
>>> +				"cdma"  Modem supports one or more of the 3GPP2
>>> +					family of technologies including CDMA 1x,
>>> +					EVDO.
>>> +				"hfp"	Bluetooth hands-free profile (HFP) modem
>>> +
>>
>> So one pointed question:
>>
>> How are we planning to support dual-mode devices with this property?  I
>> believe during the CDMA workshop we decided that the clients should
>> simply look at the set of interfaces, not a semi-static property...
>
> We can have a value that is "gsm&  cdma". This fits for now, but won't scale.
> And this list won't increase in the near future I think.
>
This is along the lines of my thoughts for future support of a 
multi-mode device- but I left it out for now as a value as it's future work.
Denis - Lei's about to pop in and answer your questions as he was 
actually at the workshop! :)

Cheers
Dara