> Modem drivers that support Online / offline mode default to offline when > oFono loads them. Which component is responsible for calling oFono and > switch the modem to online mode? Will that component be part of MeeGo? This feature is still highly experimental and not all of the details have been figured out (only ISI supports it today). Our current thinking is to have ConnMan manage the Online state of the GSM modems (e.g. replace Powered handling with Online handling.) However, we're still pretty far from that; we'd need to migrate all existing modem drivers to manage Online/Offline state properly first.

>>> Modem drivers that support Online / offline mode default to offline when >>> oFono loads them. Which component is responsible for calling oFono and >>> switch the modem to online mode? Will that component be part of MeeGo? >> >>This feature is still highly experimental and not all of the details >>have been figured out (only ISI supports it today). >> >>Our current thinking is to have ConnMan manage the Online state of the >>GSM modems (e.g. replace Powered handling with Online handling.) >>However, we're still pretty far from that; we'd need to migrate all >>existing modem drivers to manage Online/Offline state properly first. > >I agree with Denis here. The Online state needs to be controlled by >ConnMan, but we haven't done that change yet. It would break current >users since we haven't migrated all modems to handle Online state >properly or emulate it if needed. My understanding was that the Online state would be initialized by a component like Telepathy-ring or some sort of system management daemon to ensure that the dialer is up and running and able to accept calls before the Online state is entered. If ConnMan initializes the Online state, how is it ensured that all required clients (Dialer, SMS, etc.) have registered already?

> My understanding was that the Online state would be initialized by a component like Telepathy-ring or some sort of system management daemon to ensure that the dialer is up and running and able to accept calls before the Online state is entered. If ConnMan initializes the Online state, how is it ensured that all required clients (Dialer, SMS, etc.) have registered already? I'd propose the connman would delay the transition of ofono modems to the online until the tp-ring/dialer has registered with ofono modem. The VoiceCallManager would need some kind of "RegisterCallHandler"method and add the list of the registered call handlers as a property. I suppose this would concern only the voice-centric devices.

Denis Kenzior <denkenz(a)gmail.com&gt; writes: > On 08/12/2010 12:23 PM, Bastian, Waldo wrote: >> Modem drivers that support Online / offline mode default to offline when >> oFono loads them. Which component is responsible for calling oFono and >> switch the modem to online mode? Will that component be part of MeeGo? > > This feature is still highly experimental and not all of the details > have been figured out (only ISI supports it today). > > Our current thinking is to have ConnMan manage the Online state of the > GSM modems (e.g. replace Powered handling with Online handling.) > However, we're still pretty far from that; we'd need to migrate all > existing modem drivers to manage Online/Offline state properly first. As online state is not supported by connman yet, ofono should default to online state until connman support is finished. For example, now it's impossible to use N900 as a modem with connman because the modem is in offline state. Will you accept patches to ofono to change the default state? It can be reverted once the connman support is finished.

2010/8/13 Denis Kenzior <denkenz(a)gmail.com&gt;: >> As online state is not supported by connman yet, ofono should default to >> online state until connman support is finished. For example, now it's >> impossible to use N900 as a modem with connman because the modem is in >> offline state. >> >> Will you accept patches to ofono to change the default state? It can be >> reverted once the connman support is finished. > I'd be fine with that in the interim. FYI, I've submitted online patches against the ofono plugin to the connman list. It seems to work fine with my N900 and isimodem driver, scratching Kalle's most immediate itches.