Hi, We have had a conversation at #openwrt-devel about the right architecture for supporting 3g modems (and tethered phones). Some of them need usb-modeswitch, some of them don't. They may also need other things to function.
After agreeing on the architecture, I have started adding support for various devices in our feed(*). However, it seems like jow committed significant changes to usb-modeswitch package which has a different architecture. I am fine with jow's solution, but it's not what we agreed upon and I can see two problems with it: 1. usb-modeswitch by itself is not enough (or not needed) to initialize certain modems. Thus, this solution still won't make everything (or even anything) plug-and-play. 2. installing usb-modeswitch-data for all known devices might be a waste of precious space on jffs2. With my approach, however, after installing the appropriate package for one's 3g modem, one can immediately start using it. I can see the merits of both approaches, and we can certainly let users decide whihc one they like. But in that case, I would like to ask to move hotplug support for usb-modeswitch-data to that package, out of usb-modeswitch, which needs to be stripped back to its original form. Any objections? Jow? -- Daniel (*) https://www.epointsystem.org/svn/vending_machine/hotspot/trunk
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