From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Oliver Neukum Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB host CDC Phonet network interface driver Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:41:51 +0200 Message-ID: <200907221041.51995.oliver@neukum.org> References: <1248177515-12712-1-git-send-email-remi.denis-courmont@nokia.com> <1248184373.6558.15.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200907221137.07005.remi.denis-courmont@nokia.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: ext Dan Williams , "netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org" , "linux-usb-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org" , ext Marcel Holtmann To: "=?utf-8?q?R=C3=A9mi?= Denis-Courmont" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200907221137.07005.remi.denis-courmont-xNZwKgViW5gAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-usb-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Am Mittwoch, 22. Juli 2009 10:37:06 schrieb R=C3=A9mi Denis-Courmont: > I guess in a perfect world, Linux would provide a common control inte= rface > for GPRS as it already does WiFi (and maybe soon will for WiMAX?). Bu= t I am > not sure we can unify AT+PPP, Phonet, AT+Ethernet and who knows what = else, > behind a common Netlink interface, especially as AT commands have alw= ays > been done in userland anyway. The AT stuff is really problematic. Look at the hoops ISDN and software modem drivers go through to emulate AT commands. I know even of a CDC-A= CM modem which can't deal with AT commands inline (that's within spec). It seems to me we should have a modem API in kernel. Regards Oliver -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html