Re: MBIM Patch - Part 1 of 4

2016-05-30 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 09:35:13AM +0200, Gerhard Roth wrote: > Yes mbim does support IPv6, but the code is still missing. > I just don't have a SIM card for a provider that gives me an IPv6 > address. So I could only implement it without testing. Let's just wait until IPv6 arrives in the telco

Re: MBIM Patch - Part 1 of 4

2016-05-30 Thread Gerhard Roth
On Sat, 28 May 2016 09:18:13 +0200 Stefan Sperling wrote: > On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 03:37:32PM +0200, Gerhard Roth wrote: > > I have this stuff around quite a while now, but since patrick@ asked > > me repeatedly, I think it is time to share this now. > > > > This is a patch that

Re: MBIM Patch - Part 1 of 4

2016-05-28 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2016/05/28 09:18, Stefan Sperling wrote: > Could mbim in theory support IPv6? The MBIM spec allows for it. > Don't worry about breaking existing umsm(4) setups. > Since this driver provides a much simpler user interface than umsm coupled > with pppd(8) I'd suggest to eventually prefer

Re: MBIM Patch - Part 1 of 4

2016-05-28 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 03:54:36PM +0200, Martin Pieuchot wrote: > I'd like to bikeshed early, we're trying to prefix all new USB driver > name with 'u'. So I'd suggest a rename when this goes in tree. umb(4) ("USB Mobile Broadband") is available.

Re: MBIM Patch - Part 1 of 4

2016-05-28 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 03:37:32PM +0200, Gerhard Roth wrote: > I have this stuff around quite a while now, but since patrick@ asked > me repeatedly, I think it is time to share this now. > > This is a patch that adds support for the "Mobile Broadband Interface > Model" (MBIM) from

Re: MBIM Patch - Part 1 of 4

2016-05-23 Thread Martin Pieuchot
On 23/05/16(Mon) 16:18, Gerhard Roth wrote: > > > The mbim interface is a point-to-point type interface and will > > > update the default route, once it is registered in the network. > > > > Can't you insert the route later instead of updating it? > > Have to try. I fact this part of the code is

Re: MBIM Patch - Part 1 of 4

2016-05-23 Thread Gerhard Roth
On Mon, 23 May 2016 15:54:36 +0200 Martin Pieuchot wrote: > On 23/05/16(Mon) 15:37, Gerhard Roth wrote: > > I have this stuff around quite a while now, but since patrick@ asked > > me repeatedly, I think it is time to share this now. > > > > This is a patch that adds support

Re: MBIM Patch - Part 1 of 4

2016-05-23 Thread Martin Pieuchot
On 23/05/16(Mon) 15:37, Gerhard Roth wrote: > I have this stuff around quite a while now, but since patrick@ asked > me repeatedly, I think it is time to share this now. > > This is a patch that adds support for the "Mobile Broadband Interface > Model" (MBIM) from http://www.usb.org/. It allows

MBIM Patch - Part 1 of 4

2016-05-23 Thread Gerhard Roth
I have this stuff around quite a while now, but since patrick@ asked me repeatedly, I think it is time to share this now. This is a patch that adds support for the "Mobile Broadband Interface Model" (MBIM) from http://www.usb.org/. It allows to attach UMTS/LTE USB devices as a network interface.