Ok so after applying the two patches submitted by Jonas, I can get a
little further, but it appears that init is still failing:

ofonod[12522]: plugins/udevng.c:create_modem() /sys/devices/platform/68000000.ocp/48058000.ssi-controller/ssi0/port0/n900-modem
ofonod[12522]: plugins/udevng.c:create_modem() driver=n900
ofonod[12522]: src/modem.c:ofono_modem_create() name: (null), type: n900
ofonod[12522]: plugins/udevng.c:destroy_modem() /sys/devices/platform/68000000.ocp/48058000.ssi-controller/ssi0/port0/n900-modem
ofonod[12522]: src/modem.c:ofono_modem_remove() 0x622770
ofonod[12522]: src/private-network.c:ofono_private_network_driver_register() driver: 0x60f334, name: Example Private Network Driver


After poking around in gdb, I've determined that this condition is failing:
from setup_isi_modem in plugins/udevng.c:
        if (g_strcmp0(udev_device_get_subsystem(info->dev), "net") != 0)

It looks like the modem->serial object does not have any valid data. The
cstrings in that struct contain gibberish. info->dev is NULL, and other 
info members are not valid strings and definitely do not represent what they 
should. I added a DBG() print of them here to demonstrate:
ofonod[12905]: plugins/udevng.c:setup_isi_serial() **devpath: `aX, devnode: (null), subsystem: X

Patches applied so far:
https://lists.ofono.org/pipermail/ofono/2017-September/017463.html
https://lists.ofono.org/pipermail/ofono/2017-September/017465.html

-Clayton


On Fri, Sep 08, 2017 at 04:12:25AM +0200, Jonas Bonn wrote:
>On 09/08/2017 03:38 AM, Clayton Craft wrote:
>>Here's the info you requested, please let me know if I can gather
>>anything else to help!
>
>OK, good.  It's not a driver issue in any case.  Now we need to figure 
>out why ofono is rejecting the device.  The debug output from ofonod 
>would be useful.  Try running ofono as:
>
>ofonod -d -n
>
>and paste the output here.
>
>/Jonas
>
>>
>>localhost:/home/user# udevadm info --query all --path 
>>/sys/bus/hsi/devices/n900-modem
>>P: /devices/platform/68000000.ocp/48058000.ssi-controller/ssi0/port0/n900-modem
>>E: DEVPATH=/devices/platform/68000000.ocp/48058000.ssi-controller/ssi0/port0/n900-modem
>>E: DRIVER=nokia-modem
>>E: MODALIAS=hsi:n900-modem
>>E: OFONO_DRIVER=n900
>>E: OFONO_ISI_ADDRESS=108
>>E: OF_COMPATIBLE_0=nokia,n900-modem
>>E: OF_COMPATIBLE_N=1
>>E: OF_FULLNAME=/ocp(a)68000000/ssi-controller(a)48058000/ssi-port(a)4805a000/hsi-client
>>E: OF_NAME=hsi-client
>>E: SUBSYSTEM=hsi
>>E: USEC_INITIALIZED=337086386
>>
>>localhost:/home/user# udevadm info --attribute-walk --path 
>>/sys/bus/hsi/devices/n900-modem
>>
>>Udevadm info starts with the device specified by the devpath and then
>>walks up the chain of parent devices. It prints for every device
>>found, all possible attributes in the udev rules key format.
>>A rule to match, can be composed by the attributes of the device
>>and the attributes from one single parent device.
>>
>> looking at device '/devices/platform/68000000.ocp/48058000.ssi-controller/ssi0/port0/n900-modem':
>>   KERNEL=="n900-modem"
>>   SUBSYSTEM=="hsi"
>>   DRIVER=="nokia-modem"
>>
>> looking at parent device 
>>'/devices/platform/68000000.ocp/48058000.ssi-controller/ssi0/port0':
>>   KERNELS=="port0"
>>   SUBSYSTEMS==""
>>   DRIVERS==""
>>
>> looking at parent device 
>>'/devices/platform/68000000.ocp/48058000.ssi-controller/ssi0':
>>   KERNELS=="ssi0"
>>   SUBSYSTEMS==""
>>   DRIVERS==""
>>
>> looking at parent device 
>>'/devices/platform/68000000.ocp/48058000.ssi-controller':
>>   KERNELS=="48058000.ssi-controller"
>>   SUBSYSTEMS=="platform"
>>   DRIVERS=="omap_ssi"
>>   ATTRS{driver_override}=="(null)"
>>
>> looking at parent device '/devices/platform/68000000.ocp':
>>   KERNELS=="68000000.ocp"
>>   SUBSYSTEMS=="platform"
>>   DRIVERS=="omap_l3_smx"
>>   ATTRS{driver_override}=="(null)"
>>
>> looking at parent device '/devices/platform':
>>   KERNELS=="platform"
>>   SUBSYSTEMS==""
>>   DRIVERS==""
>>
>>-Clayton
>>On Fri, Sep 08, 2017 at 03:29:27AM +0200, Jonas Bonn wrote:
>>>On 09/08/2017 03:17 AM, Clayton Craft wrote:
>>>>This is on HSI bus. I am running ofono on the N900 (not tethering).
>>>
>>>OK, from what I understand, you should be able to find this device 
>>>under /sys/class/net/....
>>>
>>>See if you can find the device there and run:
>>>
>>>udevadm info --query all --path /sys/class/net/....
>>>and
>>>udevadm info --attribute-walk --path /sys/class/net.....
>>>
>>>Post that output here if it's sane so that we can see what info 
>>>udev is giving you for the device.
>>>
>>>/Jonas
>>>
>>>>
>>>>From what I understand, I am loading all of the necessary drivers for
>>>>this to work (nokia-modem, which pulls in its dependencies
>>>>automaticall). As I stated in my original note, before moving 'legacy
>>>>device' initialization to udevng, ofono would at least 'see' the
>>>>modem. The test script 'list-modems' would list it, now it does not
>>>>list anything.
>>>>
>>>>-Clayton
>>>>On Fri, Sep 08, 2017 at 03:13:03AM +0200, Jonas Bonn wrote:
>>>>>On 09/08/2017 02:51 AM, Clayton Craft wrote:
>>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>>I've been debugging why the n900 modem is not recognized by ofono
>>>>>>for a few days now, and have determined that the cause is because the
>>>>>>calls in udevng to udev_device_get_devnode return NULL. It seems that
>>>>>>the nokia-modem driver does not create any device nodes under /dev.
>>>>>
>>>>>What bus does this modem sit on?  Are you running ofono _on_ 
>>>>>the N900 or are you trying to tether the N900 to some system 
>>>>>with ofono?
>>>>>
>>>>>If you are tethering, what udev events do you get when you 
>>>>>plug in the modem?  Try running "udevadm monitor" and watch 
>>>>>what happens when you plug the modem in.
>>>>>
>>>>>Not getting a device node sounds mostly like there's a driver 
>>>>>missing, though...
>>>>>
>>>>>/Jonas
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>This seems to be a regression in functionality since the move to
>>>>>>udevng as previous versions of ofono seem to detect the n900 modem
>>>>>>correctly (right before this commit 
>>>>>>3ac449e25fc8cb9880c48b8f309189c6a644f200)
>>>>>>This issue occurs from this commit onwards, including the 
>>>>>>latest commit
>>>>>>as of this mail.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/ofono/ofono.git/tree/plugins/udevng.c#n1316
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>-Clayton
>>>>>>
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