Oded Arbel wrote: > > So why am I posting this to the list ? since I gave up on getting broken > modems to work, I still think that this patch may interest Kannel > developers because > a) its enabled by a compile time define - a simple switch to the > configure script can enable or disable this behavior, so people who > don't want that can simply not set the compile option.
that's the way to go in this case, IMO. > b) even with the polling behavior enabled, and with a broken modem, no > messages will be lost - SMs will simply be stored in the SIM memory > until pulled out by Kannel. it will be slower though (unless you want to > poll faster, which I tried to avoid, but can be set by a compile time > option too, if you like. we *may* include a case switching for this depending on the device. Since we know in at2 which device we have (like the uname for GSM modems :)) and we may gather information about which versions are broken towards this behaviour, this may be "if then"'ed or at least issuing a warning towards the user. > c) it does do wonders to the reliability of the at2 module. > > But, before submitting the changes, I would like to know how the people > of the list view this issue. do you think it's worth the effort or the > approach all wrong, or what ? >From my side, as long as basic functionality is not harmed and stability is improved, please submit and we will review it. Stipe [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------- Wapme Systems AG Münsterstr. 248 40470 Düsseldorf Tel: +49-211-74845-0 Fax: +49-211-74845-299 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: http://www.wapme-systems.de ------------------------------------------------------------------- wapme.net - wherever you are
